VISHNU PURANA. - BOOK
III.
CHAP. II.--Of the
seven future Manus and Manwantaras. Story of Sanjna and Chhaya, wives of the
sun. Savarni, son of Chhaya, the eighth Manu. His successors, with the
divinities, &c. of their respective periods. Appearance of Vishnu in each
of the four Yugas.
CHAP. II.
Of the seven future
Manus and Manwantaras. Story of Sanjna and Chhaya, wives of the sun. Savarni,
son of Chhaya, the eighth Manu. His successors, with the divinities, &c. of
their respective periods. Appearance of
in each of the four Yugas.
MAITREYA.--You have
recapitulated to me, most excellent Brahman, the particulars of the past
Manwantaras; now give me some account of those which are to come.
PARAS'ARA.--Sanjna,
the daughter of Vis'wakarman, was the wife of the sun, and bore him three
children, the Manu (Vaivaswata), Yama, and the goddess Yami (or the Yamuna
river). Unable to endure the fervours of her lord, Sanjna gave him Chhaya as
his handmaid, and repaired to the forests to practise devout exercises. The
sun, supposing Chhaya to be his wife Sanjna, begot by her three other children,
S'anais'chara (Saturn), another Manu (Savarni), and a daughter Tapati (the
Tapti river). Chhaya, upon one occasion, being offended with Yama, the son of
Sanjna, denounced an imprecation upon him, and thereby revealed to Yama and to
the sun that she was not in truth Sanjna, the mother of the former. Being
further informed by Chhaya that his wife had gone to the wilderness, the sun
beheld her by the eye of meditation engaged in austerities, in the figure of a
mare (in the region of Uttara Kuru). Metamorphosing himself into a horse, he
rejoined his wife, and begot three other children, the two Aswins and Revanta,
and then brought Sanjna back to his own dwelling. To diminish his intensity,
Vis'wakarman placed the luminary on his lathe, to grind off some of his
effulgence; and in this manner reduced it an eighth, for more than that was
inseparable. The parts of the divine Vaishnava splendour, residing in the sun,
that were filed off by Vis'wakarman, fell blazing down upon the earth, and the
artist constructed of them the discus of Vishnu, the trident of S'iva, the
weapon of the god of wealth, the lance of Kartikeya, and the weapons of the
other gods: all these Vis'wakarman fabricated from the superfluous rays of the
sun.
The son of Chhaya,
who was called also a Manu, was denominated Savarni, from being of the same
caste (Savarna) as his elder brother, the Manu Vaivaswata. He presides over the
ensuing or eighth Manwantara; the particulars of which, and the following, I
will now relate. In the period in which Savarni shall be the Manu, the classes
of the gods will be Sutapas, Amitabhas, and Mukhyas; twenty-one of each. The
seven Rishis will be Diptimat, Galava, Rama, Kripa, Drauni; my son Vyasa will
be the sixth, and the seventh will be Rishyasringa. The Indra will be Bali, the
sinless son of Virochana, who through the favour of Vishnu is actually
sovereign of part of Patala. The royal progeny of Savarni will be Virajas,
Arvarivas, Nirmoha, and others.
The ninth Manu will
be Daksha-savarni. The Paras, Marichigarbhas, and Sudharmas will be the three
classes of divinities, each consisting of twelve; their powerful chief will be
the Indra Adbhuta. Savana, Dyutimat, Bhavya, Vasu, Medhatithi, Jyotishman, and
Satya will be the seven Rishis. Dhritaketu, Driptiketu, Panchahasta, Mahamaya,
Prithus'rava, and others, will be the sons of the Manu.
In the tenth
Manwantara the Manu will be Brahma-savarni: the gods will be the Sudhamas,
Viruddhas, and S'atasankhyas: the Indra will be the mighty S'anti: the Rishis
will be Havishman, Sukriti, Satya, Apammurtti, Nabhaga, Apratimaujas, and Satyaketu:
and the ten sons of the Manu will be Sukshetra, Uttarnaujas, Harishena, and
others.
In the eleventh
Manwantara the Manu will be Dharma-savarni: the principal classes of gods will
be the Vihangamas, Kamagamas, and Nirmanaratis, each thirty in number; of whom
Vrisha will be the Indra: the Rishis will be Nis'chara, Agnitejas, Vapushman,
Vishnu, Aruni, Havishman, and Anagha: the kings of the earth, and sons of the
Manu, will be Savarga, Sarvadharma, Devanika, and others.
In the twelfth
Manwantara the son of Rudra, Savarni, will be the Manu: Ritudhama will be the
Indra: and the Haritas, Lohitas, Sumanasas, and Sukarmas will be the classes of
gods, each comprising fifteen.
Tapaswi, Sutapas, Tapomurtti,
Taporati, Tapodhriti, Tapodyuti, and Tapodhana will be the Rishis: and Devavan,
Upadeva, Devas'reshta, and others, will be the Manu's sons, and mighty monarchs
on the earth.
In the thirteenth
Manwantara the Manu will be Rauchya: the classes of gods, thirty-three in each,
will be the Sudhamans, Sudharmans, and Sukarmans; their Indra will be
Divaspati: the Rishis will be Nirmoha, Tatwadersin, Nishprakampa, Nirutsuka,
Dhritimat, Avyaya, and Sutapas: and Chitrasena, Vichitra, and others, will be
the kings.
In the fourteenth
Manwantara, Bhautya will be the Manu; Suchi, the Indra: the five classes of
gods will be the Chakshushas, the Pavitras, Kanishthas, Bhrajiras, and
Vavriddhas: the seven Rishis will be Agnibahu, S'uchi, S'ukra, Magadha,
Gridhra, Yukta, and Ajita: and the sons of the Manu will be Uru, Gabhira,
Bradhna, and others, who will be kings, and will rule over the earth.
At the end of every
four ages there is a disappearance of the Vedas, and it is the province of the
seven Rishis to come down upon earth from heaven to give them currency again.
In every Krita age the Manu (of the period) is the legislator or author of the
body of law, the Smriti: the deities of the different classes receive the
sacrifices during the Manwantaras to which they severally belong: and the sons
of the Manu them. selves, and their descendants, are the sovereigns of the
earth for the whole of the same term. The Manu, the seven Rishis, the gods, the
sons of the Manu, who are the kings, and Indra, are the beings who preside over
the world during each Manwantara.
An entire Kalpa, oh
Brahman, is said to comprise a thousand ages, or fourteen Manwantaras; and it
is succeeded by a night of similar duration; during which, he who wears the form
of Brahma, Janarddana, the substance of all things, the lord of all, and
creator of all, involved in his own illusions, and having swallowed up the
three spheres, sleeps upon the serpent S'esha, amidst the ocean. Being after
that awake, he, who is the universal soul, again creates all things as they
were before, in combination with the property of foulness (or activity): and in
a portion of his essence, associated with the property of goodness, he, as the
Manus, the kings, the gods, and their Indras, as well as the seven Rishis, is
the preserver of the world. In what manner Vishnu, who is characterised by the
attribute of providence during the four ages, effected their preservation, I
will next, Maitreya, explain.
In the Krita age,
Vishnu, in the form of Kapila and other inspired teachers, assiduous for the
benefit of all creatures, imparts to them true wisdom. In the Treta age he
restrains the wicked, in the form of a universal monarch, and protects the
three worlds. In the Dwapara age, in the person of Veda-vyasa, he divides the
one Veda into four, and distributes it into innumerable branches: and at the
end of the Kali or fourth age he appears as Kalki, and reestablishes the
iniquitous in the paths of rectitude. In this manner the universal spirit
preserves, creates, and at last destroys, all the world.
Thus, Brahman, I
have described to you the true nature of that great being who is all things,
and besides whom there is no other existent thing, nor has there been, nor will
there be, either here or elsewhere. I have also enumerated to you the
Manwantaras, and those who preside over them. What else do you wish to hear?
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भर्तृहरिकृत, संस्कृत काव्य, हिन्दी
व्याख्या, भाग-1, gvb the university of Veda
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