Text 31] Purafijana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 1323

TEXT 31

ESATA TIARA |
AAA TTA Aerat THAI

ekaikasyabhavat tesam
rajann arbudam arbudam

bhoksyate yad-vamésa-dharair
mahi manv-antaram param

eka-ekasya—of each one; abhavat—there became; tesam—of them; rajan—
O King; arbudam—ten million; arbudam—ten million; bhoksyate—is ruled;
yat— whose; vamsa-dharaih—by descendants; mahi—the whole world; manu-
antaram—up to the end of one Manu; param—and afterwards.

TRANSLATION

My dear King Pracinabarhisat, the sons of Malayadhvaja gave birth to
many thousands and thousands of sons, and all of these have been pro-
tecting the entire world up to the end of one Manu’s life span and even
afterwards.

PURPORT

There are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahma. A manvantara, the
life span of one Manu, is given as 71 multiplied by 4,320,000 years.
After one such Manu passes on, another Manu begins his life span. In this
way the life cycle of the universe is going on. As one Manu follows another,
the cult of Krsna consciousness is being imparted, as confirmed in
Bhagavad-gita:

Sri bhagavan uvaca
imam vivasvate yogam
proktavan aham avyayam
vivasvdn manave praha
manur iksvdkave *bravit

“The Blessed Lord said: | instructed this imperishable science of yoga to
the sun-god, Vivasvan, and Vivasvan instructed it to Manu, the father of
mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Ikgsvaku.” (Bg. 4.1)

Vivasvan, the sun-god, imparted Bhagavad-gita to one Manu, and this
Manu imparted it to his son, who imparted it to yet another Manu. In this
way the propagation of Krsna consciousness is never stopped. No one
