896 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 22

It is stated that his life was very long, seventy-one yugas. One yuga is
completed in 4,320,000 years, seventy-one of such yugas is the duration
of the life of a Manu, and fourteen such Manus come and go in one day of
Brahma. For the entire duration of his life-—4,320,000 times 71] years—
Manu engaged in Krsna consciousness by chanting, hearing, talking about
and meditating upon Krsna. Therefore, his life was not wasted, nor did it
become stale.

TEXT 36

aad art fay amartaante |
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sa evam svantaram ninye
yuganam eka-saptatim

vasudeva-prasangena
paribhitta-gati-trayah

sah—he (Svayambhuva Manu); evam—thus; sva-antaram—his own
period; ninye—passed; yuganam—of the cycles of four ages; eka-saptatim—
seventy-one; vasudeva—with Vasudeva; prasangena—by topics connected;
paribhiita—transcended; gati-trayah—the three destinations.

TRANSLATION

He passed his time, which lasted seventy-one cycles of the four ages
[71 x 4,320,000 years], always thinking of Vasudeva and always engaged
in matters regarding Vasudeva. Thus he transcended the three destinations.

PURPORT

The three destinations are meant for persons who are under the control
of the three modes of material nature. These destinations are sometimes
described as the awakened, dreaming and unconscious stages. In Bhagavad-
gita the three destinations are described as the destinations of persons in
the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. It is stated in the Gita that
those who are in the mode of goodness are promoted to better living
conditions in higher planets and those who are in the mode of passion
remain within this material world on the earth or on heavenly planets, but
those who are in the mode of ignorance are degraded to an animal life on
planets where life is lower than human. Bul one who is Krsna conscious is
