SB 12.8.14

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 8: Mārkaṇḍeya's Prayers to Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi

SB 12.8.13

SB 12.8.15

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 14

tasyaivaṁ yuñjataś cittaṁ
mahā-yogena yoginaḥ
vyatīyāya mahān kālo
manvantara-ṣaḍ-ātmakaḥ

SYNONYMS

tasya—he; evam—thus; yuñjataḥ—while fixing; cittam—his mind; mahā-yogena—by powerful practice of yoga; yoginaḥ—the mystic sage; vyatīyāya—passed by; mahān—a great; kālaḥ—period of time; manu-antara—lifetimes of Manu; ṣaṭ—six; ātmakaḥ—consisting of.

TRANSLATION

While the mystic sage thus concentrated his mind by powerful yoga practice, the tremendous period of six lifetimes of Manu passed by.