CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The System of
Universal Management
This chapter describes the duties allotted to Manu by the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. All the Manus, as well as their sons, the sages, the
demigods and the Indras, act under the orders of various incarnations of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At the end of every catur-yuga,
consisting of Satya-yuga, Dvapara-yuga, Tretd-yuga and Kali-yuga, the
sages, acting under the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
distribute the Vedic knowledge and thus reinstate eternal religious prin-
ciples. Manu’s duty is to reestablish the system of religion. Manu’s sons
execute Manu’s orders, and thus the entire universe is maintained by
Manu and his descendants. The Indras are various rulers of the heavenly
planets. Assisted by the demigods, they rule the three worlds. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead also appears as incarnations in different
yugas. He appears as Sanaka, Sanatana, Yajiiavalkya, Dattdtreya and
others, and thus He gives instructions in spiritual knowledge, prescribed
duties, principles of mystic yoga, and so on. As Marici and others, He
creates progeny; as the king, He punishes the miscreants; and in the
form of time, He annihilates the creation. One may argue, “If the all-
powerful Supreme Personality of Godhead can do anything simply by His
will, why has He arranged for so many personalities to manage?”” How
and why He does this cannot be understood by those who are under the
clutches of maya.
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ARTHATA
WIA ATT HARTA |
afar § aa framreaza F 1 2 UI
Sri-rajovaca
manvantaresu bhagavan
yatha manv-ddayas tv ime
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