CC Madhya 20.328 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 328
- indra-sāvarṇye 'bṛhadbhānu' abhidhāna
- ei caudda manvantare caudda 'avatāra' nāma
SYNONYMS
indra-sāvarṇye—in the Indra-sāvarṇya-manvantara; bṛhadbhānu—the avatāra named Bṛhadbhānu; abhidhāna—named; ei caudda manvantare—in the fourteen manvantaras; caudda—fourteen; avatāra—of the incarnations; nāma—different names.
TRANSLATION
"In the Indra-sāvarṇya-manvantara, the avatāra was named Bṛhadbhānu. These are the names of the fourteen avatāras in the fourteen manvantaras.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, in his Anubhāṣya, gives a list of Manus and their fathers' names: (1) Svāyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahma; (2) Svārociṣa, the son of Svarociḥ, or Agni, the predominating deity of fire; (3) Uttama, the son of King Priyavrata; (4) Tāmasa, the brother of Uttama; (5) Raivata, the twin brother of Tāmasa; (6) Cākṣuṣa, the son of the demigod Cakṣu; (7) Vaivasvata, the son of Vivasvān, the sun-god (whose name is also mentioned in Bhagavad-gītā (4.1)); (8) Sāvarṇi, a son born to the sun-god and wife named Chāyā; (9) Dakṣa-sāvarṇi, the son of the demigod Varuṇa; (10) Brahma-sāvarṇi, the son of Upaśloka; (11-14) Rudra-sāvarṇi, Dharma-sāvarṇi, Deva-sāvarṇi and Indra-sāvarṇi, the sons of Rudra, Ruci, Satyasahā and Bhūti respectively.