Text 29] The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata 33
TEXT 28
aaa arat 4a: Ga aaeqaaeaat ta eft
AAATATTT: MRE I
anyasyam api jayayam trayah putraé adsann uttamas tdmaso raivata iti
manvantaradhipatayah
anyasyam—other; api—also; jayayam—in the wife; trayah—three;
putrah—sons; Gsan—there were; uttamah tamasah raivatah—Uttama,
Tamasa and Raivata; iti—thus; manu-antara—of the manvantara
millennium; adhipatayah—rulers.
TRANSLATION
In his other wife, Maharaja Priyavrata begot three sons, named
Uttama, Tamasa and Raivata. All of them later took charge of man-
vantara millenniums.
PURPORT
In every day of Brahma there are fourteen manvantaras. The duration
of one manvantara, the lifespan of one Manu, is seventy-one yugas, and
each yuga is 4,320,000 years. Almost all the Manus selected to rule the
manvantaras came from the family of Maharaja Priyavrata. Three of
them are particularly mentioned herein, namely Uttama, Tamasa and
Raivata.
TEXT 29
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TAMIAMI Bearay sadlaasitdaaaney
afar ONTaTeAT fas THTMRANAHIAC SATO A Saat haMT-
rafrafaetraeta fatal afenerara he aaa TAeORT LTT -
Teogirranrssatens: = RRETAARAE TTA
TUT FT AMAT TUT ll 2X Il
