Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.14.11

etat kalpa-vikalpasya

pramāṇaḿ parikīrtitam

yatra manvantarāṇy āhuś

caturdaśa purāvidaḥ

SYNONYMS

etat — all these; kalpa — in one day of Lord Brahmā; vikalpasya — of the changes in a kalpa, such as the change of Manus; pramāṇam — evidences; parikīrtitam — described (by me); yatra — wherein; manvantarāṇi — periods of Manu; āhuḥ — said; caturdaśa — fourteen; purā-vidaḥ — learned scholars.

TRANSLATION

In one kalpa, or one day of Brahmā, there take place the many changes called vikalpas. O King, all of these have been previously described to you by me. Learned scholars who know the past, present and future have ascertained that in one day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The System of Universal Management."

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