CHAPTER TWENTY
Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
TEXT 1
शौनक उवाच
महीं प्रतिष्ठामन्यस्य सौते स्वायम्भुवो मनुः । कान्यन्वतिष्ठद् द्वाराणि मार्गायावरजन्मनाम् ॥ १ ॥
śaunaka uvāca mahīm pratiṣṭhām adhyasya saute svāyambhuvo manuḥ kāny anvatiṣṭhad dvārāṇi mārgāyāvara-janmanām
śaunakaḥ—Śaunaka; uvāca—said; mahīm—the earth; pratiṣṭhām—situated; adhyasya—having secured; saute—O Sūta Gosvāmī; svāyambhuvaḥ—Svāyambhuva; manuḥ—Manu; kāni—what; anvatiṣṭhat—performed; dvārāṇi—ways; mārgāya—to get out; avara—later; janmanām—of those to be born.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śaunaka inquired:  O Sūta Gosvāmī, after the earth was again situated in its orbit, what did Svāyambhuva Manu do to show the path of liberation to persons who were to take birth later on?
PURPORT
The appearance of the Lord as the first boar incarnation occurred during the time of Svāyambhuva Manu, whereas the present age is in the period of Vaivasvata Manu. Each Manu's period lasts seventy-two times the cycle of four ages, and one cycle of ages equals 4,320,000 solar years. Thus 4,320,000 times 72 solar years is the reign of one Manu. In each Manu's period there are many changes in many ways, and there are fourteen Manus
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