मन्वन्तरस्य संख्या तु मानुषेण निबोधत
But the enumeration of a manvantara, understand it in human terms.
त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु संपूर्णा संख्याताः संख्याया द्विजैः
Thirty crores are counted as the full number by the twice-born.
विंशतिश्च सहस्रामि कालो ऽयं साधिकं विना
And twenty thousand more, this is the time, excluding the excess.
वर्षाग्रेणापि दिव्येन प्रवक्ष्याम्युत्तरं मनोः
With the addition of a divine year at the beginning, I will speak of the next after Manu.
द्विपञ्चाशत्तथान्यानि सहस्राण्यधिकानि तु
And fifty-two thousand more are to be added.
पूर्णं युगसहस्रं स्यात्तदहर्ब्रह्मणः स्मृतम्
A full thousand yugas is considered a day of Brahma.
ब्रह्माणामग्रतः कृत्वा सह देवर्षिदानवैः
Having placed the Brahmas at the forefront, together with gods, sages, and demons.
स स्रष्टा सर्व भूतानां कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः
He is the creator of all beings, again and again in kalpas and so forth.
सर्वमन्वन्तराणां हि प्रतिसंधिं निबोधत
Understand the junction of all manvantaras.
कृतत्रेतादिसंयुक्तं चतुर्युगमिति स्मृतम्
The four yugas, joined with Kṛta, Tretā, and so on, are thus remembered.
मनोरेतमधीकारं प्रोवाच भगवान्प्रभुः
The venerable Lord spoke to Manu about this authority.
अतीतानागतानां वै वर्त्तिमानेन कीर्त्तितम्
It has been described with regard to the past, the future, and the present.
प्रतिसंधिं तु वक्ष्यामि तस्य चैवापरस्य च
I shall explain the transition of this one and also of the other.
अवश्यभाविनार्थेन यथावद्विनिवर्त्तते
By the force of what must inevitably occur, it comes to an end as is proper.
सप्तर्षयश्च देवाश्च पितरो मनवस्तथा
The Seven Sages, the gods, the ancestors, and likewise the Manus—
क्षीणे ऽधिकारे संविग्ना बुद्ध्वा पर्ययमात्मनः
When their authority is exhausted, they become anxious, realizing the change of their own state.
ततो मन्वन्तरे तस्मिन्प्रक्षीणे देवतास्तु ताः
Then, when that Manvantara has ended, those deities—
उत्पद्यन्ते भविष्यन्तो ये वै मन्वन्तरेश्वराः
Who are to be the future rulers of the Manvantara—are born.
मन्वन्तरे तु संपूर्णे तद्वदन्ते कलौ युगे
When the Manvantara is complete, they say the same in the Kali age.
यथा कृतस्य संतानः कलिपूर्वः स्मृतो बुधैः
Just as the continuation of the Krita age is said by the wise to be preceded by Kali.
क्षीणे मन्वन्तरे पूर्वे प्रवृत्ते चापरे पुनः
When the previous Manvantara has ended and the next one has begun again—
सप्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव कालापेक्षास्तु ये स्थिताः
The Seven Sages and Manu, who are established according to time—
मन्वन्तरोत्सवस्यार्थे संतत्यर्थे च सर्वदा
For the sake of the festival of the Manvantara and always for the purpose of continuity—
द्वन्द्वेषु संप्रवृत्तेषु उत्पन्नास्वौषधीषु च
When pairs arise and when medicinal plants have appeared—
वार्त्तायां संप्रवृत्तायां धर्मे चैवोपसंस्थिते
When livelihood has commenced and when righteousness has been established—
अग्रामनगरे चैव वर्णाश्रमविवर्जिते
And in villages and cities where the distinctions of caste and stage of life are absent—
सप्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव संतानार्थं व्यवस्थिताः
The Seven Sages and Manu are established for the sake of continuity.
उत्पद्यन्ते हि पूर्वेषां निधनेष्विह पूर्ववत्
Indeed, when the former ones perish here, new ones are born just as before.
सर्पा भूतपिशाचाश्च गन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसाः
Serpents, spirits, ghosts, Gandharvas, Yakshas, and Rakshasas,
सप्तर्षयो मनुश्चव ह्यादौ मन्वन्तरस्य हि
The seven sages and Manu, indeed, at the beginning of the Manvantara,