Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.1

śaunaka uvāca

mahīḿ pratiṣṭhām adhyasya

saute svāyambhuvo manuḥ

kāny anvatiṣṭhad dvārāṇi

mārgāyāvara-janmanām

SYNONYMS

śaunakaḥ — Śaunaka; uvāca — said; mahīm — the earth; pratiṣṭhām — situated; adhyasya — having secured; saute — O Sūta Gosvāmī; svāyambhuvaḥ — Svāyambhuva; manuḥ — Manu; kāni — what; anvatiṣṭhat — performed; dvārāṇi — ways; mārgāya — to get out; avara — later; janmanām — of those to be born.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śaunaka inquired: O Sūta Gosvāmī, after the earth was again situated in its orbit, what did Svāyambhuva Manu do to show the path of liberation to persons who were to take birth later on?

PURPORT

The appearance of the Lord as the first boar incarnation occurred during the time of Svāyambhuva Manu, whereas the present age is in the period of Vaivasvata Manu. Each Manu's period lasts seventy-two times the cycle of four ages, and one cycle of ages equals 4,320,000 solar years. Thus 4,320,000 x 72 solar years is the reign of one Manu. In each Manu's period there are many changes in many ways, and there are fourteen Manus within one day of Brahmā. It is understood here that Manu creates scriptural regulations for the salvation of the conditioned souls, who come to the material world for material enjoyment. The Lord is so kind that any soul who wants to enjoy in this material world is given full facility for enjoyment, and at the same time he is shown the path of salvation. Śaunaka Ṛṣi, therefore, inquired from Sūta Gosvāmī: "What did Svāyambhuva Manu do after the reinstatement of the earth in its orbital situation?"

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