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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.328
ইন্দ্রসাবর্ণ্যে ‘বৃহদ্ভানু’ অভিধান ।
এই চৌদ্দ মন্বন্তরে চৌদ্দ ‘অবতার’ নাম ॥ ৩২৮ ॥
indra-sāvarṇye ‘bṛhadbhānu’ abhidhāna
ei caudda manvantare caudda ‘avatāra’ nāma
“In the Indra-sāvarṇya-manvantara, the avatāra is named Bṛhadbhānu. These are the names of the fourteen avatāras in the fourteen manvantaras.
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In the Indra-sāvarṇya-manvantara, the avatāra is named Bṛhadbhānu. This completes the names of the fourteen avatāras in the fourteen manvantaras.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives a list of Manus and their fathers’ names in his Anubhāṣya.
Svāyambhuva Manu is the son of Lord Brahmā, and Vaivasvata is the son of Vivasvān, the sun-god. Indra-sāvarṇi is the son of Bhūti.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He also described the incarnations of God within the material world, incarnations such as the puruṣa-avatāras, manvantara-avatāras, guṇa-avatāras and śaktyāveśa-avatāras. The Lord also discussed the divisions of Kṛṣṇa’s different ages, such as bālya and paugaṇḍa, and the different pastimes of the different ages.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “names of”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does distinguishing the Manus from the avatāras help you follow this list?
Write two labeled notes: “Avatāra: Bṛhadbhānu” and “Manvantara: Indra-sāvarṇya.”
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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