When the previous Manvantara concludes and the next begins anew, the Seven Sages and Manu are established according to the order of time. This is done for the festival of the Manvantara and always to ensure the continuity of creation. At the dawn of each Manvantara, when pairs of beings arise and medicinal plants appear, when means of livelihood commence and righteousness is established, the Seven Sages and Manu are again set in their places. Even in villages and cities where distinctions of caste and stages of life have not yet formed, the Seven Sages and Manu are established for the sake of continuity. When the former ones perish, new ones are born just as before. Alongside them, serpents, spirits, ghosts, Gandharvas, Yakshas, and Rakshasas also arise at the beginning of each Manvantara. The Seven Sages and Manu, through the practice of celibacy, become free from all debts. For a hundred thousand years, they remain steadfast in righteousness, each according to their order. Having established their hermitages, they set their minds towards heaven. Those former gods, too, remain wholly established in righteousness. Through sacred mantras, they ascend to the sinless realm of Maharloka. There, these self-controlled beings remain until the dissolution of all creatures. When the divine abodes in the three worlds become empty, the Seven Sages, endowed with austerity, fill the stations again. The Seven Sages, Manu, the gods, and the ancestors maintain an unbroken line of succession, even at the end of a Manvantara. This continuity persists in all Manvantaras, until the dissolution of beings, both past and future, as declared by Svayambhu. Thus, the succession is maintained until the dissolution of all beings. Great beings and the ends of people arise exclusively in the Satya age. In Satya, they remain eternally, but when change comes at the time of re-creation, through detachment and renunciation of sense objects, they enter only into the god Nārāyaṇa. The world of living beings never remains still, constantly turning through decay and growth. These cycles, moved by the wind, are perceived through the union of Vyasa's concise and comprehensive methods, and by divine energy. The proper cycles are joined with the lords of gods, the Seven Sages, the ancestors, and the rulers of progeny. For those honored by fame, brilliance, and renown, the merit lies in spreading the dominion of the gods. This supreme recitation at great festivals grants relief from suffering and increases lifespan. As I proclaim this in summary, may the united rulers of progeny grant accomplishment. What more need I describe in detail and sequence? Now, the lords of the Manvantaras, with Indra and the foremost among the gods, are to be recounted. Listen as I briefly recount them twice over: Uttama, Tamasa, Raivata, and also Akshusha; Savarni, Raucya, Bhautya, and likewise Vaivasvata. Hear about the five Manus who have passed, those born from the mind. I will now speak further about the Manus of the Svarocisha era. Indeed, the Tusita gods existed during the interval of Svarocisha Manu.