CC Madhya 20.320 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 320
- brahmāra eka-dine haya caudda manvantara
- caudda avatāra tāhāṅ karena īśvara
SYNONYMS
brahmāra eka-dine—in one day of Brahmā; haya—there are; caudda—14; manu-antara—changes of Manu; caudda—14; avatāra—incarnations; tāhāṅ—in that time; karena—manifests; īśvara—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
"In one day of Brahmā, there are fourteen changes of the Manus, and all those fourteen Manus are considered incarnations manifested by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
In one day of Brahmā, there are 14 Manus, and all of them are considered to be manvantara-avatāras of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus in one month days) of Brahmā's life, there are 5,040 Manu incarnations. Thus for the one hundred years of Brahmā's life, there is a total of 504,000 manvantara-avatāras.