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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.20
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
- cakraṁ ca dikṣv avihataṁ daśasu sva-tejo
- manvantareṣu manu-vaṁśa-dharo bibharti
- duṣṭeṣu rājasu damaṁ vyadadhāt sva-kīrtiṁ
- satye tri-pṛṣṭha uśatīṁ prathayaṁś caritraiḥ
cakramthe Sudarśana wheel of the Lord — the Sudarśana wheel of the Lord; caas well as — as well as; dikṣuin all directions — in all directions; avihatamwithout being deterred — without being deterred; daśasuten sides — ten sides; svapersonal strength-tejaḥpersonal strength — personal strength; manvantareṣuin different incarnations of Manu — in different incarnations of Manu; manuas the descendant of the Manu dynasty-vaṁśaas the descendant of the Manu dynasty-dharaḥas the descendant of the Manu dynasty — as the descendant of the Manu dynasty; bibhartirules over — rules over; duṣṭeṣuunto the miscreants — unto the miscreants; rājasuupon the kings of that type — upon the kings of that type; damamsubjection — subjection; vyadadhātperformed — performed; svapersonal glories-kīrtimpersonal glories — personal glories; satyein the Satyaloka planet — in the Satyaloka planet; trithe three planetary systems-pṛṣṭhethe three planetary systems — the three planetary systems; uśatīmglorious — glorious; prathayanestablished — established; caritraiḥcharacteristics — characteristics.
As the incarnation of Manu, the Lord became the descendant of the Manu dynasty and ruled over the miscreant kingly order, subduing them by His powerful wheel weapon. Undeterred in all circumstances, His rule was characterized by His glorious fame, which spread over the three lokas, and above them to the planetary system of Satyaloka, the topmost in the universe.
We have already discussed the incarnations of Manu in the First Canto. In one day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus, changing one after another. In that way there are 420 Manus in a month of Brahmā and 5,040 Manus in one year of Brahmā. Brahmā lives for one hundred years according to his calculation, and as such there are 504,000 Manus in the jurisdiction of one Brahmā. There are innumerable Brahmās, and all of them live only during one breathing period of Mahā-Viṣṇu. So we can just imagine how the incarnations of the Supreme Lord work all over the material worlds, which comprehend only one-fourth of the total energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The manvantara incarnation chastises all the miscreant rulers of different planets with as much power as that of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who punishes the miscreants with His wheel weapon. The manvantara incarnations disseminate the transcendental glories of the Lord.