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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 3.9",
  "h1":"Cc. Ādi 3.9",
  "label":"Text 9",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 3.9",
  "description":"The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [the son of Vivasvān]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years] of his age have now passed."

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Cc. Ādi 3.9

Text

'vaivasvata'-nāma ei saptama manv-antara
sātāiśa catur-yuga tāhāra antara

Synonyms

vaivasvata-nāma—named Vaivasvata; ei—this; saptama—seventh; manu-antara—period of Manu; sātāiśa—twenty-seven; catuḥ-yuga—cycles of four ages; tāhāra—of that; antara—period.

Translation

The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [the son of Vivasvān]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years] of his age have now passed.

Purport

The names of the fourteen Manus are as follows: (1) Svāyambhuva, (2) Svārociṣa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tāmasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Cākṣuṣa, (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Sāvarṇi, (9) Dakṣa-sāvarṇi, (10) Brahma-sāvarṇi, (11) Dharma-sāvarṇi, (12) Rudraputra (Rudra-sāvarṇi), (13) Raucya, or Deva-sāvarṇi, (14) and Bhautyaka, or Indra-sāvarṇi.