Text 3] The Manus, Administrators of the Universe
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There are fourteen Manus during a day of Brahmā, and the age of each Manu lasts for seventy-one yugas. Thus there are thousands of Manus during the life of Brahmā.
TEXT 3
यथस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मन्भगवान्विश्वभावनः । 
    कृतवान्कुरुते कर्ता ह्यतीतेऽनागतेऽद्य वा ॥ ३ ॥
yad yasminn antare brahman 
    bhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥ 
    kṛtavān kurute kartā 
    hy atīte 'nāgate 'dya vā
yat —whatever activities;  yasmin —in a particular age;  antare —manvantara;  brahman —O great  brāhmaṇa ;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  viśva-bhāvanaḥ —who has created this cosmic manifestation;  kṛtavān —has done;  kurute —is doing;  kartā —and will do;  hi —indeed;  atīte —in the past;  anāgate —in the future;  adya —at the present;  vā —either.
TRANSLATION
O learned brāhmaṇa, kindly describe to us whatever activities the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who created this cosmic manifestation, has performed in the past manvantaras, is performing at present, and will perform in the future manvantaras.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  the Supreme Personality of Godhead said that both He and the other living entities present on the battlefield had existed in the past, they existed at present, and they would continue to exist in the future. Past, present and future always exist, both for the Supreme Personality of Godhead and for ordinary living entities.  Nityo nityānām cetanaś cetanānām . Both the Lord and the living entities are eternal and sentient, but the difference is that the Lord is unlimited whereas the living entities are limited. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the creator of everything, and although the living entities are not created but exist with the Lord eternally, their bodies are created, whereas the