Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.4.2
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyA Thousand Cycles Make Brahmā’s Day
“One thousand cycles of four ages constitute a single day of Brahmā, known as a kalpa. In that period, O King, fourteen Manus come and go.”
What the purport teaches
- A cycle contains four ages.
- One thousand such cycles constitute a single day of Brahmā, known as a kalpa.
- During that single day, fourteen Manus come and go.
Try this today
Write one reminder: “One kalpa is one thousand cycles of four ages.”
Ask yourself
How does the length of Brahmā’s day broaden your sense of time?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.