Text 24] Calculation of Time, from the Atom 425

TEXT 23

PIA AEN steaetsqadd |
wate wnat aa ussigaeeii22ll

nisavasana arabdho
loka-kalpo ’nuvartate

yavad dinam bhagavato
manun bhuiijams caturdasa

nisd—night; avasane—termination; arabdhah—beginning from; loka-kal-
pah—further creation of the three worlds; anuvartate—follows; yavat—until;
dinam—the daytime; bhagavatah—of the lord (Brahma); manin-the Manus;
bhufjan—existing through; caturdasa—fourteen.

TRANSLATION

After the end of Brahma’s night, the creation of the three worlds begins
again in the daytime of Brahma, 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
i of BIS ATaR frat Geaafay |
svam svam kalam manur bhunkte
sadhikam hy eka-saptatim

svam—own; svam—accordingly; kalam—duration of life; manuh—Manu;
bhunkte—enjoys; sadhikam—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.
