Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.11.24
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyThe Vast Lifetime of a Manu
“Each and every Manu enjoys a life of a little more than seventy-one sets of four millenniums.”
What the purport teaches
- Each Manu lives for a little more than seventy-one sets of four millenniums.
- The purport cites the Viṣṇu Purāṇa in describing a Manu’s lifetime as seventy-one sets of four millenniums.
- This lifetime is about 852,000 years by the demigods’ calculation, or 306,720,000 human years.
Try this today
Write the demigod and human calculations side by side, noting that they describe the same lifetime.
Ask yourself
How does considering a Manu’s lifetime broaden my sense of time?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.