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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 3.11.24
स्वं स्वं कालं मनुर्भुङ्क्ते साधिकां ह्येकसप्ततिम् ॥ २४ ॥
svaṁ svaṁ kālaṁ manur bhuṅkte
sādhikāṁ hy eka-saptatim
Each and every Manu enjoys a life of a little more than seventy-one sets of four millenniums.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
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.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Mystery → Cosmic wonder. The origin of the world is revealed through inquiry and divine grace.
Chapters 5–12 of Canto 3: Creation and Brahmā's bewilderment. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
Maitreya describes time from atomic measurements to Brahmā’s lifespan, along with cycles of creation and devastation.
Back to this verse in chapter 3.11Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Manvantara · The change of Manus
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does considering a Manu’s lifetime broaden my sense of time?
Write the demigod and human calculations side by side, noting that they describe the same lifetime.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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