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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.23
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 23
- niśāvasāna ārabdho
- loka-kalpo 'nuvartate
- yāvad dinaṁ bhagavato
- manūn bhuñjaṁś catur-daśa
niśānight — night; avasānetermination — termination; ārabdhaḥbeginning from — beginning from; lokafurther creation of the three worlds-kalpaḥfurther creation of the three worlds — further creation of the three worlds; anuvartatefollows — follows; yāvatuntil — until; dinamthe daytime — the daytime; bhagavataḥof the lord (Brahmā) — of the lord (Brahmā); manūnthe Manus — the Manus; bhuñjanexisting through — existing through; catuḥfourteen-daśafourteen — fourteen.
After the end of Brahmā's night, the creation of the three worlds begins again in the daytime of Brahmā, and they continue to exist through the life durations of fourteen consecutive Manus, or fathers of mankind.
At the end of the life of each Manu there are shorter dissolutions also.