Text 20] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions 371

TEXT 20
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cakram ca diksv avihatam dasasu sva-tejo
manvantaresu manu-vamsa-dharo bibharti

dustesu rajasu damam vyadadhat sva-kirtim
satye tri-prstha usatim prathayams caritraih

cakram—the Sudargana wheel of the Lord; ca—as well as; diksu—in all
directions; avihatam—without being deterred; dasasu—ten sides; sva-tejah—
personal strength; manvantaresu—in different incarnations of Manu; manu-
vamsa-dharah—as the descendant of the Manu dynasty; bibharti—rules
over; dustesu—unto the miscreants; rajasu—upon the kings of that type;
damam-—subjection; vyadadhat— performed; sva-kirtim—personal glories;
satye—in the Satyaloka planet; tri-prsthe—the three planetary systems;
usatim—glorious; prathayan—established; caritraih—characteristics.

TRANSLATION

As the incarnation of Manu, the Lord became the descendant of the
Manu dynasty and ruled over the miscreant kingly order, subjecting them
by His powerful wheel weapon. Undeterred in all circumstances, His rule
was characterized by His glorious fame, which spread over the three lokas,
and above them up to the planetary system of the Satyaloka, the topmost
in the universe.

PURPORT

We have already discussed the incarnations of Manu in the First Canto.
In one day of Brahma there are fourteen Manus, changing one after
another. In that way there are 420 Manus in a month of Brahma and
5,040 Manus in one year of Brahma. Brahmi lives for one hundred years
in his calculation, and as such there are 504,000 Manus in the jurisdiction
of one Brahma. And there are innumerable Brahmas, and all of them live
only during one breathing period of Maha-Visnu. So we can just imagine
