Vayu Purana

उत्पद्यन्ते भविष्याश्च यावन्मन्वन्तरेश्वराः। देवताः पितरश्चैव ऋषयो मनुरेव च ।। ६१.

New lords of the Manvantara arise, as do the gods, ancestors, seers, and Manu himself, for as long as the Manvantara lasts.

मन्वन्तरे तु सम्पूर्णे यद्यन्यद्वै कलौ युगे। सम्पद्यते कृतं तेषु कलिशिष्टेषु वै तदा ।। ६१.

When a Manvantara is completed, whatever remains in the Kali age, whatever is accomplished among them, is considered to be the residue from previous ages.

यथा कृतस्य सन्तानः कलिपूर्वः स्मृतो बुधैः। तथा मन्वन्तरान्तेषु आदिर्मन्वन्तरस्य च ।। ६१.

Just as the progeny of those who acted in the Krita age are remembered by the wise as preceding Kali, so too, at the end of Manvantaras, the beginning of each new Manvantara is likewise regarded.

क्षीणे मन्वन्तरे पूर्वे प्रवृत्ते चापरे पुनः। मुखे कृतयुगस्याथ तेषां शिष्टास्तु ये तदा ।। ६१.

When the previous Manvantara has ended and the next begins anew, at the dawn of the Krita age, those who remain from before are then considered its survivors.

स्प्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव कालावेक्षास्तु ये स्थिताः। मन्वन्तरं प्रतीक्षन्ते क्षीयन्ते तपसि स्थिताः ।। ६१.

The Saptarishis, Manu, and those who remain steadfast, observing the passage of time, await the next Manvantara, enduring in their austerities until it is exhausted.

मन्वन्तरव्यवस्थार्थं सन्तत्यर्थञ्च सर्वशः। पूर्ववत् सम्प्रवर्त्तन्ते प्रवृत्ते वृष्टिसर्ज्जने ।। ६१.

For the establishment of the Manvantara and for the continuation of progeny, all proceed as before, once the rains begin anew.

द्वन्द्वेषु सम्प्रवृत्तेषु उत्पन्नास्वौषधीषु च। प्रजासु च निकेतासु संस्थितासु क्वचित् क्वचित् ।। ६१.

When dualities arise, when herbs are produced, and when creatures settle in their abodes, each in their own place, life resumes.

वार्त्तायान्तु प्रवृत्तायां सद्धर्मे ऋषिभाविते । निरानन्दे गते लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे ।। ६१.

When livelihood resumes, when true dharma is fostered by the sages, and when the world becomes joyless, with all movable and immovable beings destroyed.

अग्रामनगरे चैव वर्णाश्रमविवर्जिते। पूर्वमन्वन्तरे शिष्टे ये भवन्तीह धार्मिकाः । सप्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव सन्तानार्थं व्यवस्तिताः ।। ६१.

In villages and cities devoid of caste and stages of life, those righteous survivors from the previous Manvantara, including the Saptarishis and Manu, remain for the sake of progeny.

प्रजार्थं तपतां तेषां तपः परमदुश्चरम्। उत्पद्यन्तीह सर्वेषां निधनेष्विह सर्वशः ।। ६१.

For the sake of progeny, those who practice austerity undergo the most difficult penances, and from them, all beings are born at the time of dissolution.

देवासुराः पितृगणा मुनयो मनवस्तथा। सर्पा भूताः पिशाचाश्च गन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसाः ।। ६१.

The gods, asuras, groups of ancestors, sages, Manus, serpents, spirits, pisachas, gandharvas, yakshas, and rakshasas are all included.

ततस्तेषां तु ये शिष्टा शिष्टाचारान् प्रचक्षते । सप्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव आदौ मन्वन्तरस्य ह। प्रारम्भन्ते च कर्माणि मनुष्या दैवतैः सह ।। ६१.

Then, those who remain among them, who uphold the conduct of survivors, namely the Saptarishis and Manu, at the beginning of the Manvantara, commence their actions together with humans and divine beings.

मन्वन्तरादौ प्रागेव त्रेतायुगमुखे ततः । पूर्वं देवास्ततस्ते वै स्थिते धर्मे तु सर्वशः ।। ६१.

At the beginning of the Manvantara, and then at the start of the Treta age, the former gods remain, upholding dharma in its entirety.

ऋषीणां ब्रह्मचर्येण गत्वाऽऽनृण्यन्तु वै ततः। पितॄणां प्रजया चैव देवानामिज्यया तथा ।। ६१.

The sages, through celibacy, attain freedom from debt; the ancestors, through progeny; and the gods, through worship.

शतं वर्षसहस्राणि धर्मे वर्णात्मके स्थिताः। त्रयीं वार्त्तां दण्डनीतिं धर्मान् वर्णाश्रमांस्तथा। स्थापयित्वाश्रमांश्चैव स्वर्गाय दधिरे मतीः ।। ६१.

For a hundred thousand years, they remain established in dharma characterized by varna; they uphold the threefold Veda, livelihood, law and order, dharma, castes, and stages of life, and after establishing the stages of life, they set their minds on heaven.

पूर्वं देवेषु तेष्वेव स्वर्गाय प्रमुखेषु च। पूर्वं देवास्ततस्ते वै स्थिता धर्मेण कृत्स्नशः ।। ६१.

Previously, among the gods and those headed for heaven, the former gods remained, upholding dharma completely.

मन्वन्तरे परावृत्ते स्थानान्युत्सृज्य सर्वशः। मन्त्रैः सहोर्ध्वङ्गच्छन्ति महर्लोकमनामयम् ।। ६१.

When the Manvantara has ended, abandoning all their positions, they ascend with mantras to the flawless Maharloka.

विनिवृत्तविकारास्ते मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः। अवेक्षमाणा वशिनस्तिष्ठन्त्याभूतसंप्लवम् ।। ६१.

Freed from all transformations, established in mental perfection, they remain self-controlled, observing the dissolution of beings.

ततस्तेषु व्यतीतेषु सर्वेष्वेतेषु सर्वदा। शून्येषु देवस्थानेषु त्रैलोक्ये तेषु सर्वशः। उपस्थिता इहैवान्ये देवा ये स्वर्गवासिनः ।। ६१.

Then, when all these have passed, when the abodes of the gods are empty throughout the three worlds, other gods who dwell in heaven arrive here.

ततस्ते तपसा युक्ता स्थानान्यापूरयन्ति वै। सत्यैन ब्रह्मचर्येण श्रुतेन च समन्विताः ।। ६१.

Then, endowed with austerity, they indeed fill the stations, accompanied by truth, celibacy, and learning.

सप्तर्षीणं मनोश्चैव देवानां पितृभिः सह। निधनानीह पूर्वेषामादिना च भविष्यता ।। ६१.

The Seven Sages, Manu, and the gods together with the ancestors, are the endings here of the former and the future beginnings.

तेषामत्यन्तविच्छेद इह मन्वन्तरक्षयात्। एवं पूर्वानुपूर्व्येण स्थितिरेषानवस्थिता। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ।। ६१.

For them, the absolute interruption occurs here at the end of a Manvantara; thus, in succession, this unstable existence persists in all Manvantaras until the great dissolution arises.

एवं मन्वन्तराणान्तु प्रतिसन्धानलक्षणम्। अतीतानागतानान्तु प्रोक्तं स्वायम्भुवेन तु ।। ६१.

Thus, the characteristic of the connection between Manvantaras, both past and future, has been declared by Svāyambhuva.

मन्वन्तरेष्वतीतेषु भविष्याणां तु साधनम् । एवमत्यन्तविच्छिन्नं भवत्याभूतसंप्लवात् ।। ६१.

In the past Manvantaras, the means for those yet to come is thus absolutely interrupted by the great dissolution.

मन्वन्तराणां परिवर्त्तनानि एकान्ततस्तानि महर्गतानि। महर्जनञ्चैव जनन्तपश्च एकान्तगानि स्म भवन्ति सत्ये ।। ६१.

The cycles of the Manvantaras, entirely, reach the Maharloka; Maharloka, Janaloka, and Tapoloka, all go completely into Satyaloka.

तद्भाविनां तत्र तु दर्शनेन नानात्वदृष्टेन च प्रत्ययेन। सत्ये स्थितानीह तदा तु तानि प्रप्ते विकारे प्रतिसर्गकाले ।। ६१.

There, for those destined, by perception and conviction of various views, those established in Satya remain here; then, when change comes at the time of re-creation, they depart.

मन्वन्तराणां परिवर्त्तनानि मुञ्चन्ति सत्यन्तु ततोऽपरान्ते। ततोऽभियोगाद्विषमप्रमाणं विशन्ति नारायणमेव देवम् ।। ६१.

The cycles of the Manvantaras are released at the end of Satya; then, through effort, they enter the immeasurable Narayana, the divine.

मन्वन्तराणां परिवर्त्तनेषु चिरप्रवृत्तेषु निधिस्वभावात्। क्षणं रसं तिष्ठति जीवलोकः क्षयोदयाभ्यां परिवन्दमानः ।। ६१.

In the long-persisting cycles of Manvantaras, due to their nature as repositories, the world of living beings remains for a moment, being praised at both decline and rise.

इत्युत्तराण्येवमृषिस्तुतानां धर्मात्मनां दिव्यदृशां मनूनाम्। वायुप्रणीतान्युपलभ्य दृश्यं दिव्यौजसा व्याससमासयोगैः ।। ६१.

Thus, having perceived these subsequent, divinely-sighted Manus, praised by sages of righteous soul, composed by Vayu, and seen through the power of Vyasa's concise arrangement.