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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 8 · Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus
8.13.68.13.8

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.13.7

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.13.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सङ्‌क्षेपतो मयोक्तानि सप्तमन्वन्तराणि ते ।

भविष्याण्यथ वक्ष्यामि विष्णो: शक्त्यान्वितानि च ॥ ७ ॥

saṅkṣepato mayoktāni

sapta-manvantarāṇi te

bhaviṣyāṇy atha vakṣyāmi

viṣṇoḥ śaktyānvitāni ca

Translation

I have briefly explained to you the position of the seven Manus. Now I shall describe the future Manus, along with the incarnations of Lord Viṣṇu.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Future Manus and Lord Viṣṇu’s Incarnations

  1. 1

    The positions of the seven Manus have been briefly explained.

  2. 2

    The account now turns to the future Manus.

  3. 3

    The description of those Manus will include the incarnations of Lord Viṣṇu.

How it feels

Uncertainty → Cosmic order. The narrative resets the frame to cyclical cosmic governance.

Chapters 13–14 of Canto 8: Manus and universal management. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 13: Description of Future Manus

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

During this period of Manu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu appears from the womb of Aditi in His incarnation as the son of Kaśyapa. In the period of the eighth Manu, the Manu is Sāvarṇi.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.13
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. saṅkṣepataḥin brief
  2. mayāby me
  3. uktāniexplained
  4. saptaseven
  5. manu-antarāṇichanges of Manu
  6. teunto you
  7. bhaviṣyāṇithe future Manus
  8. athaalso
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I attending to Lord Viṣṇu’s incarnations as well as to the sequence of Manus?

Practice

Write a short study heading: “Future Manus and the incarnations of Lord Viṣṇu.”

Live this todayFuture Manus and Lord Viṣṇu’s IncarnationsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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