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CC Adi 3.9



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 9

‘vaivasvata’-nāma ei saptama manv-antara
sātāiśa catur-yuga tāhāra antara


SYNONYMS

vaivasvata-nāma — named Vaivasvata; ei — this; saptama — seventh; manu-antara — period of Manu; sātāiśa — twenty-seven; catuḥ-yuga — cycles of four ages; tāhāra — of that; antara — period.


TRANSLATION

The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [the son of Vivasvān]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years] of his age have now passed.


PURPORT

The names of the fourteen Manus are as follows: (1) Svāyambhuva, (2) Svārociṣa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tāmasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Cākṣuṣa, (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Sāvarṇi, (9) Dakṣa-sāvarṇi, (10) Brahma-sāvarṇi, (11) Dharma-sāvarṇi, (12) Rudraputra (Rudra-sāvarṇi), (13) Raucya, or Deva-sāvarṇi, (14) and Bhautyaka, or Indra-sāvarṇi.