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Calculation of Time, from the Atom
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TEXT 23
निशावसान आरब्धो लोककल्योऽनुवर्तते । यावदिनं मगवतो मनन् भुञ्जंशतुर्दश ॥२३॥
niśāvasāna ārabdho loka-kalpo'nuvartate yāvad dinam bhagavato manūn bhuñjamś caturdaśa
niśā —night;  avasāne —termination;  ārabdhaḥ —beginning from;  loka-kalpaḥ —further creation of the three worlds;  anuvartate —follows;  yāvat —until;  dinam —the daytime;  bhagavataḥ —of the lord (Brahmā);  manūn —the Manus;  bhuñjan —existing through;  caturdaśa —fourteen.
TRANSLATION
After the end of Brahmā's night, the creation of the three worlds begins again in the daytime of Brahmā, and they continue to exist through the life durations of fourteen consecutive Manus, or fathers of mankind.
PURPORT
At the end of the life of each Manu there are shorter dissolutions also.
TEXT 24
स्वं स्वं कालं मनुर्भुङ्क्ते साधिकां क्षेकसप्ततिम् ।
svam svam kālam manur bhuṅkte sādhikām hy eka-saptatim
svam —own;  svam —accordingly;  kālam —duration of life;  manuḥ —Manu;  bhuṅkte —enjoys;  sādhikām —a little more than;  hi —certainly;  eka-saptatim —seventy-one.
TRANSLATION
Each and every Manu enjoys a life of a little more than seventy-one sets of four millenniums.