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The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata
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अन्यस्यामपि जायायां त्रयः पुत्रा आसन्नुत्तमस्तामसो रैवत इति मन्वन्तराधिपतयः ॥२८ ॥
anyasyām api jāyāyām trayaḥ putrā āsann uttamas tāmaso raivata iti manvantarādhipatayaḥ
anyasyām—other; api—also; jāyāyām—in the wife; trayaḥ—three; putrāḥ—sons; āsan—there were; uttamaḥ tāmasaḥ raivataḥ—Uttama, Tāmasa and Raivata; iti—thus; manu-antara—of the manvantara millennium; adhipatayaḥ—rulers.
TRANSLATION
In his other wife, Mahārāja Priyavrata begot three sons, named Uttama, Tāmasa and Raivata. All of them later took charge of man-vantara millenniums.
PURPORT
In every day of Brahmā there are fourteen  manvantaras . The duration of one  manvantara , the lifespan of one Manu, is seventy-one  yugas , and each  yuga  is 4,320,000 years. Almost all the Manus selected to rule the  manvantaras  came from the family of Mahārāja Priyavrata. Three of them are particularly mentioned herein, namely Uttama, Tāmasa and Raivata.
TEXT 29
एवमुपशमायनेषु स्वतनयेष्वथ जगतीपतिर्जगतीमर्बुदान्येकादश परिवत्सराणामव्याहताखिलपुरुषकारसारसम्भृतदोर्दण्डयुगलापीडितमौर्वागुण- स्तनितविरमितधर्मप्रतिपक्षो बर्हिष्मत्याश्चानुदिनमेधमानप्रमोदप्रसरणयौषिण्य- व्रीडाप्रमुषितहासावलोकरुचिरुक्त्वेल्यादिभिः पराभूयमानविवेक इवानव- बुध्यमान इव महामना बुध्यजे ॥ २९ ॥