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Chapter Fourteen

Six Functions in the Manvantara

|| 8.14.1 ||r-rjovca

manvantareu bhagavan

yath manv-dayas tv ime

yasmin karmai ye yena

niyukts tad vadasva me

Mahrja Parkit inquired: O great sage! Please explain to me the activities of Manu and the others in each Manvantara, and by whose order they are so engaged.

In the Fourteenth Chapter the duties of the six persons appointed during the fourteen Manvantaras are explained.

|| 8.14.2 ||r-ir uvca

manavo manu-putr ca

munaya ca mah-pate

indr sura-ga caiva

sarve purua-san

ukadeva Gosvm said: The Manus, the sons of Manu, the great sages, the Indras and all the devats, O King, are under the control of the Supreme Lord.

The forms of the Lord who control are Yaja and other Manvantara incarnations.

|| 8.14.3 ||yajdayo y kathit

pauruyas tanavo npa

manv-dayo jagad-ytr

nayanty bhi pracodit

O King! I have already described to you various incarnations of the Lord, such as Yaja. The Manus and others are chosen by these incarnations, under whose direction they conduct the universal affairs.This verse explains the incarnations who control.

|| 8.14.4 ||catur-yugnte klena

grast chruti-gan yath

tapas ayo 'payan

yato dharma santana

At the end of every four yugas, the sages see by their austerity that the Vedas, by which eternal dharma is established, have been lost with time.This verse describes the action of the sages. Yata means by which Vedas.

|| 8.14.5 ||tato dharma catupda

manavo hariodit

yukt sacrayanty addh

sve sve kle mah npa

O King! Thereafter, the Manus, instructed and engaged by the Supreme Lord, directly reestablish the principles of occupational duty in its full four parts on earth.The Manus establish dharma on the earth (mahm).

|| 8.14.6 ||playanti praj-pl

yvad anta vibhgaa

yaja-bhga-bhujo dev

ye ca tatrnvit ca tai

The sons of Manu, and their descendents, protect dharma till the end of the Manvantara. The devats, who share the results of sacrifice, also protect dharma along with them.Manus sons (praja-pl) protect that dharma until the end of the Manvantara. Their sons and grandsons in their turn, and the devats also protect dharma.|| 8.14.7 ||indro bhagavat datt

trailokya-riyam rjitm

bhujna pti loks trn

kma loke pravarati

Indra, enjoying great wealth of the three worlds given by the Lord, maintains the living entities and pours sufficient rain. || 8.14.8 ||jna cnuyuga brte

hari siddha-svarpa-dhk

i-rpa-dhara karma

yoga yogea-rpa-dhk

In every yuga, the Supreme Lord assumes the form of Siddhas such as Sanaka to preach transcendental knowledge, he assumes the form of great sages such as Yjavalkya to teach the way of karma, and he assumes the form of great yogs such as Datttreya to teach the system of mystic yoga.

After showing how the Lord performs actions through the Manus and others, ukadeva explains that the work is not limited to these six types of persons. He now briefly mentions others who are engaged in two verses. Siddha refers to the Kumras and others. Yogea refers to Datttreya and others.

|| 8.14.9 ||sarga prajea-rpea

dasyn hanyt svar-vapu

kla-rpea sarvem

abhvya pthag gua

In the form of Prajpati Marci and others, the Supreme Lord who has various qualities creates progeny; becoming the king, the Lord kills the thieves and rogues; and in the form of time, he annihilates everything. Prajea refers to Marci and others. The kings refers to Manus sons. He becomes aging in order to destroy. All qualities such as fat and thin, aging and senility arise from the Lord.|| 8.14.10 ||styamno janair ebhir

myay nma-rpay

vimohittmabhir nn-

daranair na ca dyate

Though the Lord is sought by persons with various philosophies, whose minds are bewildered by my with names and forms, his intentions cannot be understood.Since the Lord is able to perform all these activities just by his will, what is the use of all these separate persons endeavoring? Though the Lord is defined by many knowers of scripture who are bewildered by my with many names and forms, with philosophies like logic, he cannot be seen. This means that though his actions are glorified, the Lords intention is hard to understand.

|| 8.14.11 ||etat kalpa-vikalpasya

prama parikrtitam

yatra manvantary hu

caturdaa purvida

I have given the evidence for the divisions of a day of Brahm in which previous scholars describe fourteen Manvantaras.

I have given the evidence of the recurring divisions of a kalpa in which scholars describe fourteen Manvantaras. Thus ends the commentary on the Fourteenth Chapter of the Eighth Canto of the Bhgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous cryas.