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If in one day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus, then in one month of Brahmā it comes to cāri-śata, …

So it comes to pañca-lakṣa cāri-sahasra manvantarāvatāra [Cc Madhya 20.322].

Pañca-lakṣa means fifty millions. Not fifty millions; ten millions a lakṣa. That means five millions... Five millions and four thousands …

[Cc Madhya 20.323]

And all these Manus and Brahmās, they are living only on the breathing period of Mahā-Viṣṇu.

[Cc Madhya 20.324].

And just imagine what is that breathing. Eka manvantarāvatārera dekha lekhāra anta.

So in one breathing of Mahā-Viṣṇu, you cannot calculate how many Manus are there. This is called, what is called, …

And how we can say? Now, the opposite party may say, "How you can say?" Now, we have got evidence …

So therefore, śruti-pramāṇa. Śruti-pramāṇa. There are three kinds of evidences. Out of that, śruti-pramāṇa, evidence from higher authorities, that is …

And the next first-class evidence is śruti. Śruti means to hear from the authority. That is śruti. Just like the …

[Cc Madhya 20.324]

Simply one manvantara in one universe, we cannot count how many manvantaras are there, and what to speak of...? There …

Now He is giving the names of Manus. Just like the sun, the present sun-god is named as Vivasvān, similarly, …

You cannot count how many Manus are there, but for one day the fourteen Manus are named, and that is …

[Cc Madhya 20.325].

A different period of Manus are differently named. So the fourteen names are Yajña, Vibhu, Satyasena, Hari, fourth; then Vaikuṇṭha, …

[aside:] Yes. I will answer your question.

[Cc Madhya 20.329]

Now yugāvatāra. We have finished manvantarāvatāra. This is fourth. Puruṣāvatāra, līlāvatāra, guṇāvatāra and the manvantarāvatāra, fourth. Puruṣa incarnation, and then …