Text 49] The Activities of the Pracetas 1551

TRANSLATION

His previous body had been destroyed, but he, the same Daksa, inspired
by the supreme will, created all the desired living entities in the Caksusa
manvantara.

PURPORT
As stated in Bhagavad-gita:

sahasra-yuga-paryantam
ahar yad brahmano viduh
ratrim yuga-sahasrantamh
te *ho-ratra-vido janah

“By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of
Brahma’s one day. And such also is the duration of his night.” (Bg. 8.17)

Brahma’s one day consists of one thousand cycles of the four yugas—
Satya, Tretéa, Dvapara and Kali. In that one day there are fourteen
manvantaras, and out of these manvantaras this Caksusa manvantara is the
sixth. The various Manus existing in one day of Lord Brahma are as
follows: (1) Svayambhuva (2) Svarocisa (3) Uttama (4) Tamasa (5) Raivata
(6) Caksusa (7) Vaivasvata (8) Savarni (9) Dakga-savarni (10) Brahma-
savarni (11) Dharma-savarni (12) Rudra-savarni (13) Deva-savarni and (14)
Indra-savarni.

Thus there are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahma. In a year there
are 5,040 Manus. Brahma has to live for one hundred years; consequently
the total of Manus appearing and disappearing during the life of one
Brahma is 504,000. This is the calculation for one universe, and there are
innumerable universes. All these Manus come and go simply by the breath-
ing process of Maha-Visnu. As stated in the Brahma-samhita:

yasyaika-nisvasita-kalam athavalambya
jivanti loma-vilaja jagad-anda-nathah

visnur mahan sa tha yasya kala-vigeso
govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami

The word jagad-anda-natha means Lord Brahma. There are innumerable
jagad-anda-natha Brahmas, and thus we can calculate the many Manus.
The present age is under the control of Vaivasvata Manu. Each Manu lives
4,320,000 years multiplied by 71. The present Manu has already lived for
4,320,000 years multiplied by 28. All these long lifespans are ultimately
ended by the laws of material nature. The controversy of Daksa-yajhia took
