CHAPTER TWENTY
Conversation Between
Maitreya and Vidura
TEXT 1
WH TIA
met AREMETR AIT APTA Ag: |
aarafaes arti aT TAAERATZ II 8 I
Saunaka uvaca
mahim pratistham adhyasya
saute svayambhuvo manuh
kany anvatisthad dvarani
margayavara-janmanam
§aunakah—Saunaka; uvaca—said; mahim—the earth; pratistham—situ-
ated; adhyasya—having secured; saute—O Sita Gosvami; svayambhuvah—
Svayambhuva; manuh—Manu; kani—what;anvatisthat— performed; dvarani—
ways; margaya—to get out; avara—later; janmanam-—of those to be born.
TRANSLATION
Sti Saunaka inquired: O Sita Gosvami, after the earth was again
situated in its orbit, what did Svayambhuva 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 dur-
ing the time of Svayambhuva Manu, whereas the present age isin 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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