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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.320
ব্রহ্মার এক দিনে হয় চৌদ্দ মন্বন্তর ।
চৌদ্দ অবতার তাহাঁ করেন ঈশ্বর ॥ ৩২০ ॥
brahmāra eka-dine haya caudda manvantara
caudda avatāra tāhāṅ karena īśvara
“In one day of Brahmā, there are fourteen changes of the Manus, and during the reign of each of those fourteen Manus, an incarnation is manifested by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
In one day of Brahmā, there are fourteen changes of the Manus. During each Manu’s reign, the Supreme Personality of Godhead manifests an incarnation.
There are 420 manvantara-avatāras in one month of Brahmā’s life and 5,040 in one year. During his hundred-year life, there are 504,000.
The Manus themselves are also considered partial incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thus the Lord described the many forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this account help you appreciate about the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s incarnations?
Write down the two teachings: an incarnation appears during each Manu’s reign, and the Manus themselves are partial incarnations.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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