Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.1.28
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyPriyavrata’s Sons Become Manus
“In his other wife, Mahārāja Priyavrata begot three sons, named Uttama, Tāmasa and Raivata. All of them later took charge of manvantara millenniums.”
What the purport teaches
- Mahārāja Priyavrata had three sons through his other wife: Uttama, Tāmasa and Raivata. All three later ruled manvantara millenniums.
- Every day of Brahmā contains fourteen manvantaras. One manvantara is the life span of one Manu.
- The purport gives a manvantara’s duration as seventy-one yugas, each lasting 4,320,000 years. Almost all the Manus chosen to rule these periods came from Mahārāja Priyavrata’s family.
Try this today
Write down the names Uttama, Tāmasa and Raivata, and note that they became rulers of manvantaras.
Ask yourself
How does this description broaden my sense of the timescales presented in the text?
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.