Text 3] The Manus, Administrators of the Universe 5

There are fourteen Manus during a day of Brahmi, and the age of each
Manu lasts for seventy-one yugas. Thus there are thousands of Manus
during the life of Brahma.

TEXT 3

qafaaeat = aaeanafaana: |
BIrHed Fal adlasartass at li 3

yad yasminn antare brahman
bhagavan visva-bhavanah
krtavan kurute karta
hy atite ‘nadgate ‘dya va

yat—whatever activities; yasmin—in a particular age; antare—
manvantara; brahman—O great brahmana; bhagavan—the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; visva-bhavanah—who has created this cosmic
manifestation; krtavén—has done; kurute—is doing; karta—and will
do; hi—indeed; atite—in the past; andgate—in the future; adya—at
the present; va@—either.

TRANSLATION

O learned brahmana, kindly describe to us whatever activities
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who created this cosmic
manifestation, has performed in the past manvantaras, is perform-
ing at present, and will perform in the future manvantaras.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita the Supreme Personality of Godhead said that both
He and the other living entities present on the battlefield had existed in
the past, they existed at present, and they would continue to exist in the
future. Past, present and future always exist, both for the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead and for ordinary living entities. Nityo nitydnam
cetanas cetananadm. Both the Lord and the living entities are eternal and
sentient, but the difference is that the Lord is unlimited whereas the liv-
ing entities are limited. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cre-
ator of everything, and although the living entities are not created but
exist with the Lord eternally, their bodies are created, whereas the
