Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.13.36
rājaḿś caturdaśaitāni
tri-kālānugatāni te
proktāny ebhir mitaḥ kalpo
yuga-sāhasra-paryayaḥ
SYNONYMS
rājan — O King; caturdaśa — fourteen; etāni — all these; tri-kāla — the three periods of time (past, present and future); anugatāni — covering; te — to you; proktāni — described; ebhiḥ — by these; mitaḥ — estimated; kalpaḥ — one day of Brahmā; yuga-sāhasra — one thousand cycles of four yugas; paryayaḥ — consisting of.
TRANSLATION
O King, I have now described to you the fourteen Manus appearing in the past, present and future. The total duration of time ruled by these Manus is one thousand yuga cycles. This is called a kalpa, or one day of Lord Brahmā.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Thirteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Description of Future Manus."
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