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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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निशावसान आरब्धो लोककल्पोऽनुवर्तते यावद्दिनं भगवतो मनून्भुञ्जंश्चतुर्दश
niśāvasāna ārabdho loka-kalpo ’nuvartate yāvad dinaṁ bhagavato manūn bhuñjaṁś catur-daśa
WORD BY WORD
niśā night; avasāne termination; ārabdhaḥ beginning from; loka-kalpaḥ further creation of the three worlds; anuvartate follows; yāvat until; dinam the daytime; bhagavataḥ of the lord (Brahmā); manūn the Manus; bhuñjan existing through; catuḥ-daśa fourteen.;
TRANSLATION
| 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.
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PURPORT
| At the end of the life of each Manu there are shorter dissolutions also.
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