Parva 1 Chapter 7: manvanta varṇana - Legend of ṭime-cycles

"Oh, vaiśampāyana, I would like to listen in detail about eras system, say manvantaras... their evolution, involution, how many manu-s are there, and the duration of each era.. will you please tell me... vaiśampāyana uvāca- vaiśampāyana replied na shakyo vistaro tāta vaktuṁ varṣa śataiḥ api | manvantarāṇāṁ kauravya saṁkśepam tu eva me śṛṇu ||1-7-3 Oh, boy, these accounts of manvantarā-s will not come to an end even if narrate them for hundreds of years... so let me tell you in a nutshell about all the time cycles, fourteen in all..." vaiśampāyana thus started to narrate. svāyambhuvo manuḥ tāta manuḥ svārociṣaḥ tathā | uttamaḥ tāmasaḥ caiva raivataḥ cākśuṣaḥ tathā ||1-7-4 vaivasvataḥ ca kauravya sāmprataṁ manur ucyate | So far six eras called manvantara-s have lapsed... they are svāyambhuva, svārociṣa, uttama, tāmasa, raivata, cākśuṣa manvantaras... bearing the titles after their presiding manus... and the present one is called vaisvasvata manvantam... sāvarṇiḥ ca manuḥ tāta bhautyo raucyaḥ tathaiva ca ||1-7-5 tathaiva meru-sāvarṇyaḥ catvāro manavaḥ smṛtāḥ | In the forthcoming manvantara-s, three belong to sāvarṇi, raibhya, bhautya, and four to meru-sāvarṇi-s, who are brahma- sāvarṇi, rudra- sāvarṇi, meru- sāvarṇi, and dakṣa- sāvarṇi. These four sāvarṇi-s are recognised as meru- sāvarṇi-s, because they became one with the Absolute on performing ascesis on Mt. Meru... atītā vartamānāḥ ca tathaiva anāgatā ca ye ||1-7-6 kīrtitā manavaḥ tāta mayā ete yathā śrutām| ṛṣīṁ teṣāṁ pravakśyāmi putrān devagaṇāṁ tathā ||1-7-7 I have said about the past, present and future manus... now I will say something, rather as much as I know, about the progeny and presiding deities, and about the seven-sages of those 6 manvantara-s that are bygone... marīcir atrir bhagavān aṅgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | pulastyaḥ ca vasiṣṭhaḥ ca sapta ete brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ ||1-7-8 uttarasyāṁ dishi tathā rājan sapta-rṣayo apare | devāḥ ca śānta-rajaḥ thathā prakṛtayaḥ pare | yāmā nāma tathā deva āsan svāyambhuvo antare || 1-7-9 1. svāyambhuva manvantaram: brahma's seven brainchildren marīci, atri, aṅgira, pulaha, kratu, pulastya, and vasiṣṭha became the seven-sages in the northern sky during svāyambhū manvamntaram. And gods worshipped during this era are designated as śānta-rajā, prakṛti and yāma. āgnīdhraḥ ca agni-bāhuḥ ca medhā medhātithiḥ vasuḥ jyotiṣmān dyutimān havyaḥ savanaḥ putra putra eva ca |1-7-10 manoḥ svāyambhuvasya ete daśa putrā mahaujasaḥ | etat te prathamaṁ rājan manvantaram udāhṛtam || 1-7-11 svāyambhu manu has ten children, namely, agnī-dhra, agni-bāhu, medhā, medhātithi, vasu, jyotiṣmān, dyutimān, havyaḥ, savana, and putra. This, in brief, is about the first time cycle. aurvo vasiṣṭha putraḥ ca stambaḥ kashyapa eva ca | prāṇo bṛhaspatiḥ caiva datto niścyavanaḥ tathā || 1-7-12 ete maharṣayaḥ tāta vāyu-proktā mahāvratāḥ | devāḥ ca tuṣitā nāma smṛtāḥ svārociṣe antare || 1-7-13 2. svārochiṣa manvntaram: During this era, vasiṣṭha's son aurva, along with stamba, kashyapa, prāṇa, bṛhaspati, datta, nishcyavana are the seven-sages in Great Bear, while gods are designated as tuṣitā-s, as has been said in vāyu purāṇa... havidhraḥ sukṛtir jyotir āpo mūrtir ayasmayaḥ | prathitaḥ ca nabhasyaḥ ca nabha ūrjas tathaiva ca || 1-7-14 svārociṣasya putrāḥ te manoḥ tāta mahātmanaḥ | kīrtitāḥ pṛthivī pālā mahāvīrya parākramāḥ || 1-7-15 dvitīyam etat kathitaṁ tava manvantaraṁ mayā And, oh, king janamejaya, there are ten great mighty and valiant sons of svārochiṣa manu, who by their names are: havidhra, sukṛti, jyoti, āpa, mūrti, ayasmaya, prathita, nabhasya, nabha and ūrja... thus, this is about the second time cycle... idaṁ tṛtīyaṁ vakśyāmi tat nibodha narādhipa |1-7-16 vasiṣṭha putrāḥ sapta āsan vāsiṣṭhā iti viśrutāḥ | hiraṇya-garbhasya sutā ūrjā nāma sutejasaḥ || 1-7-17 ṛṣayo atra mayā proktāḥ kīrtyamānān nibodha me | auttameyān mahārāja daśa putrān manoramān|| 1-7-18 iṣa ūrjas tanūrjas ca madhur mādhava eva ca | śuciḥ śukraḥ sahaḥ caiva nabhasyo nabha eva ca |1-7-19 bhānavaḥ tatra devāḥ ca manvantaram udāhṛtam | 3. uttama manvantaram: Now, let me say about the third time-cycle called uttama manvantaram, oh, king, please listen to it attentively... during this period, the brainchildren of vaśiṣṭha, who earlier were the brainchildren of hiraṇya-garbha himself, have become the seven-sages, and they are renowned by the collective name of vaśiṣṭhā-s, or denoted by the collective name ūraja. Thus please remember about these most reputed seven-sages as said by me... Then, uttama manu begot ten sons called: iṣa, ūrja, tanūja, madhu, mādhava, shuci, śukra, saha, nabhasya, and nabha... and gods are called as bhānu-s in that era... thus this is the third cycle of time... manvantaraṁ caturthaṁ te kathayiṣyāmi tat śṛṇu ||20 kāvyaḥ pṛthus tathaiva agnir janyur dhātā ca bhārata | kapīvān akapīvān ca tatra sapta-rṣayo apare ||1-7-21 purāṇe kathitā tāta putrāḥ pautrāḥ ca bhārata | satyā deva gaṇāḥ caiva tāmasasya antare manoḥ ||1-7-22 4. tāmasa manvantaram: Now let me say something about fourth time cycle called tāmasa manvantaram... in this period the seven-sages are: kāvya, pṛthu, agni, janyu, dhātā, kapīvān, and a-kapīvān... and they had many sons, so say purāṇās... the devā hosts in this time-cycle, tāmasa manvantaram, are called satyās... putrān caiva pravakśyāmi tāmasasya manoḥ nṛpa | dyutiḥ tapasyaḥ su-tapāḥ tapo-mūlaḥ tapo-dhanaḥ || 1-7-23 tapo-ratiḥ akalmāṣaḥ tanvī dhanvī paraṁtapaḥ || tāmasasya manoḥ ete daśa putrāḥ mahābalāḥ ||1-7-24 And I will tell about the ten mighty sons of tāmasa manu.. they are: dyuti, tapasya, su-tapa, tapo-mūla, tapo-dhana, tapo-rati, akalmāṣa, tanvi, dhanvi, and paran-tapa... vāyu-proktā mahārāja paṅchamam tat antaram | veda-bāhur yadudhra ca munir veda-śirāḥ tathā ||1-7-5 hiraṇya-romā parjanya ūrdhva-bāhuḥ ca soma-jaḥ | satya-netraḥ tathā ātreya ete sapta-rṣayaḥ apare ||1-7-26 5. raivata manvantaram: Next, about the fifth cycle called raivata manvantaram, which is also cited by vāyu-purāṇa... the seven sages in this fifth cycle are: veda-bāhu, yadudhra, and the saint veda-shira, hiraṇya-romā, parjanya, and the son of soma is called ūrdhva-bāhu, and the son of sage atri is called satya-netra... devāḥ ca bhūta-rajasaḥ tathā prakṛtayo apare | pāri-plavaḥ ca raibhyaḥ ca manor antaram ucyate ||1-7-27 And the gods in this cycle are called as bhūta-rajasa, who are also called as a-bhūta-rajasa; and pārivraja, pāri-plava... atha putrān imāṁ tasya nibodhya gadato mama | dhṛtimān avyayo yuktaḥ tattva-darśī nir-utsukaḥ ||1-7-28 āraṇyaḥ ca prakāśaḥ ca nir-mohaḥ satya-vāk kaviḥ raivatasya manoḥ putrāḥ paṣcamaṁ caitad antaram ||1-7-29 Listen about the sons of this raivata manu as I say about them... dhṛti-mān, avyaya, yukta, tattva-darshi, nir-utsuka, araṇya, prakāśa, nir-moha, satya-vāk, and one more who is called kavi... these are the sons of fifth manu, namely raivta... ṣaṣṭhaṁ te sampravakśyāmi tat nibodha narādhipa | bhṛgur nabho vivasvān ca sudhāmā virajāḥ tathā ||1-7-30 ati-nāmā sahiṣṇuḥ ca sapta ete vai maharṣayaḥ | cākśuṣasya antare tāta manoḥ devān imān sṛṇu ||1-7-31 ādyaḥ prabhūtā ṛbhavaḥ ca pṛthak-bhāva divaukasaḥ | lekhāḥ ca nāma rājendra paṣcha deva gaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ | ṛṣeḥ aṅgirasaḥ putrā mahātmāno mahaujasaḥ ||1-7-32 6. cākśuṣa manvantaram: Now listen about the sixth manvantaram called cākśuṣa manvantaram... the seven-sages in this cycle are the great sages called bhṛgu, nabha, vivasvān, sudhāmā, virajā, atināmā, and sahiṣṇu... and the gods dwelling in heaven are known as a group of five, called ādyā, prabhūtā, ṛbhava, pṛthak-bhāva, and lekhā... these highsouled and highly radiant beings are the descendants of sage angīrasa... nāḍvaleyā mahārāja daśa putrāḥ ca viśrutāḥ | ūru prabhṛtayo rājan ṣaṣṭhaṁ manvantaraṁ smṛtam||1-7-33 And oh, king janamejaya, cākśuṣa manu sired ten sons, starting with one called ūru, through lady naḍvala... thus the sixth time cycle is recollected... atrir vaśiṣṭho bhagavān kaśyapaḥ ca mahān-ṛṣiḥ | gautamo atha bharadvājo viśvāmitraḥ tathaiva ca ||1-7-34 tathaiva putro bhagavān ṛcīkasya mahātmanaḥ | saptamo jamadagniḥ ca ṛṣayaḥ sāmprataṁ divi ||1-7-35 7. vaisvasvata manvantam: And now, during this era, the seventh time cycle, called vaisvasvata manvantam, the seven-sages are: atri, vaśiṣṭha, kashyapa, gautama, bharadvāja, and viśvāmitra... where the seventh one is the son of godly sage ricīka, namely jamadagni... sādhyā rudrāḥ ca vishve ca maruto vasavaḥ tathā | ādityāḥ ca ashvinau chiava devau vaivasvatau smṛtau ||1-7-36 manor vaivasvatasya ete vartante sāmprate'ntare | ikśvāku pramukhāḥ caiva daśa putrā mahātmanaḥ ||1-7-37 eteṣāṁ kīrtitānāṁ tu maharṣīṇāṁ mahaujasām | rāja-putrāḥ ca pautrāḥ ca dikshu sarvāsu bhārata ||1-7-38 And the gods in this present time cycle, vaisvasvata manvantam, are called are: sādhyā-s, rudrā-s, viśve-devā-s, vasu-s, marut-s, and ādityās... vaivasvata manu sired ten children starting from the highsouled ikśvāku et al, and the progeny of ikśvāku flourished with sons and grandsons, who rose in the world as greatly radiant, highly renowned, dashing and saintly kings, and shone in every quarter of the world... manvantareṣu sarveṣu prāk-diśaḥ sapta saptakāḥ | sthitā loka vyavasthita artham loka sa.mrakśaṇāya ca ||1-7-39 manvantare vyatikrānte catvāraḥ saptakā gaṇāḥ | kṛtvā karma divaṁ yānti brahmalokam anāmayam ||1-7-40 tato anye tapasā yuktāḥ sthānaṁ āpūrayanti uta | In all the time cycles these forty-nine sages - sapta-saptakāḥ ṛśayaḥ - will be there for the wellbeing and for the protection of the world, of course, with a little difference in their nomenclature, according as in earlier era - prāk disha - pūrva kalpa prakāraḥ... vividly - finishing off their duty in this world, a batch of four sages in each manvantaram, 4 x 7 = 28, will ascend to heaven, where their merit will be metered up or down according to their deeds, and then they will ascend to the abode of brahma, which is yāma śūnya, nirāmaya - a diseaseless, a perishless abode, owing to the merit accumulated both in this and in the other world. Then after the end of one time cycle, other vāyu devā-s, aeronomic gods, will be ascending to those positions according to the power of their ascesis... sapta saptākāḥ 7 x 7 = 49 maruto devāḥ, [aeronomic gods, not marut-gaṇā-s] prāg uktā api prati amnvantam bhavanti iti jṣeyam. manvantara samāptau, krama mukti padam - brahmaṇa sthānam - prāpnuvanti. atītā vartamānāḥ ca krameṇa etena bhārata ||1-7-41 etāni uktāni kauravya sapta atītāni bhārata | manvantarāṇi ṣaṭ ca api nibodha anāgatāni me || 1-7-42 Thus, oh bharata, I have said about seven time cycles that have elapsed, including the one which is running now, and now you know about the six time cycles that are going to come... sāvarṇā manavaḥ tāta paṣcha tān ca nibodha me | eko vaivasvataḥ teṣām catvāraḥ tu prajāpateḥ || 1-7-43 parameṣṭhi sutāḥ tāta meru-sāvarṇatām gatāḥ | dakshasya eteḥ dauhitrāḥ priyāyāḥ tanāḥ nṛpa | mahānta tapasā yuktā meru pṛṣṭhe mahaujasaḥ | 1-7-44 sāvarṇi-manu-s are five, oh king janamejaya, and the earliest and important one out of those five is the son of sun, the son of vivasvat, of whom I have already told you. The other four are the sons of parameṣṭhi-prajāpati, and the grandsons of daksha prajāpati, because lady priya, the daughter of daksha, begot them all... these four highly vigorous personalities have undertaken a rigorous ascesis on Mt. Meru, and obtained a perfect likeness in the loftiness of Mt. meru... hence they are called meru-sāvarṇis... rucheḥ prajāpateḥ putro rauchyo nāma smṛtaḥ | bhūtyām ca utpādito devyām bhautyo nāma rucheḥ sutaḥ || 1-7-45 8. raucya / bhautya manvantam: One who is the son of ruci prajāpati is there, called raucya, or bhautya... because he is begotten by lady bhūti through ruci prajāpati... thus this raucya is also called as bhautya maternally, hence the eighth time cycle is named after him as bhautya manvantam... anāgatāḥ ca saptaite smṛtā divi maharṣayaḥ | manor antaram āsādya sāvarṇasya ha tat chṛṇu ||1-7-46 rāmo vyāsaḥ tatha ātreyo dīptiman iti viśrutāḥ | bhāradvājaḥ tathā drauṇir aśvatthāmā mahādyutiḥ ||1-7-47 gautamasya ātmajaḥ caiva śaradvān gautamaḥ kṛpaḥ | kaushiko gālavaḥ caiva rurḥ kāśyapa eva ca ||1-7-48|| Now listen about the seven sages in this forthcoming manvantaram of bhautya... They are: 1] paraśu-rāma; 2] vyāsa; 3] sage atri's son dīptimān; 4] bharadwāja gotrī - the descendant of bhāradwāja and the son of archery teacher droṇa - namely aśwatthāma, 5] gautama gotrī - the descendant of gautama lineage and the son of śaradwanta, namely kṛpācārya; 6] kaushika gotrī - the descendant of kaushika lineage, namely gālava; 7] and kaushika gotrī - the descendant of kaushika lineage, namely ruru... ete sapta mahātmāno bhaviṣyā munisattamāḥ | brahmaṇaḥ sadṛśāḥ ca ete dhanyāḥ sapta ṛśayaḥ smṛtāḥ ||1-7-49 It is said that are these highly blessed great sages are the coequals of brahma in receiving reverence, and hence these highminded sages are made as seven-sages... abhijātya atha tapasā mantra vyākaraṇaiḥ tathā | brahma loka pratiṣṭhāḥ tu sapta ṛṣayoḥ amalāḥ || 1-7-50 These blemishless sages are stationed in brahma's abode and they are reverential by the way of their birth, ascesis, education and heuristic methods - mantram vyākaraṇa... bhūta bhavya bhava jṣānam buddhvā caiva tu ye svayam | tapasā vai prasiddhā ye saṁgatā pra-vi-cintakāḥ || 1-7-51 They act collectively with their knowledge about the triad of times, and by the virtue of their ascesis... mantra vyākaraṇa ādyaiḥ ca aiśvaryāt sarvaśaḥ ca ye | etān bhāryān dvijo jṣātvā naiṣṭikāni ca nāma ca || 1-7-52 And those belonging to brāhmaṇā class have to take recourse to these seven sages for their education in Veda-s, and for their excellence, because the brahmaṇā-s have to follow rigorous daily chores of their practices - niṣṭha, remember the genealogy of sages, gotra-pravara nāmāni etc... sapta ete saptabhiḥ caiva guṇaiḥ sapta ṛśayaḥ smṛtāḥ | dīrgha āyuṣo mantra kṛta īśvarā dīrgha cakśuṣaḥ || 1-7-53 These seven are reckoned as seven-sages by virtue of their basic traits, say shama, dama ādi guṇā-s, and these are long-lived, hymnologists, foresighted, and self-sovereign... buddhyā pratyaksha dharmāṇo gotra prāvartakāḥ tathā | kṛtādiṣu yuga ākhyeṣu sarveṣu eva punaḥ punaḥ || 1-7-54 prāvartayanti te varṇān āśramān caiva sarvaśaḥ | sapta ṛśayo mahābhāgāḥ satya dharma parāyaṇāḥ 1-7-55 Cognisant of the efficacy of dharma because of their direct gnosis, they see through the upkeep of four-classes, and the development of the social units connected with those four-classes, because those seven-sages are the prime movers of lineal chronology - gotra, pravara - of everyone, and because they are the followers of truth and dharma... teṣām caiva anvayo utpannā jāyanti iha punaḥ punaḥ | mantra brāhmaṇa kartāro dharme pra-shithile tathā 1-7-56 When dharma deteriorates, then the offspring of these save-sages who are well versed in scriptures will emerge from time to time, only to resurrect that dharma... yasmāt ca varadāḥ sapta parebhyaḥ ca apare smṛtāḥ | tasmāt na kālo na vayaḥ pramāṇam ṛśi bhāvane || 1-7-57 eṣa sapta ṛśikoddeśo vyākhyātaḥ te mayā nṛpa | Hence, we need not think about the age, time and stature of these sages, because we have no yardsticks to measure them up, because they seek boons from others, for the sake of others, but not for themselves... thus I have narrated about the seven sages, in general... sāvarṇasya manoḥ putrān bhaviṣyān śṛuṇu sattama ||1-7-58 varīyān ca a-varīyān ca sammato dhṛtimān vasuḥ | cariṣṇuḥ api adhṛṣṇuḥ ca vājaḥ sumatiḥ eva ca | sāvarṇasya manoḥ putrā bhaviṣyā daśa bhārata || 1-7-59 Now listen about the ten sons of sāvarṇi manu... they are: varīyā, avarīya, sammata, dhṛtimān, vasu, cariṣṇu, adhṛṣṇu, vāja, and sumati... [and one more is there...] these ten will be the sons of savarṇi manu in future... prathame meru sārvaṇaḥ pravakśyāmi munin śṛṇu | medhātithiḥ tu paulastyayo vasuḥ kāśyapa eva ca || 1-7-60 jyotiṣmān bhārgavaḥ caiva dyutimān aṅgīrasaḥ tathā | sāvanaḥ caiva vaśiṣṭha ātreyo havya-vāhanaḥ || 1-7-61 paulahyaḥ sapta iti ete munayoḥ rohite antare | 9. meru sāvarṇi / rohita sāvarṇi manvantam: Now I will tell about the sages of first sāvarṇi manu, i.e., ninth manu, who is also called as rohita sāvarṇi, or meru sāvarṇi. Those sages are: medhātithi from paulastya gotra, lineage... vasu from kāśyapa lineage, jyotiṣmān from bhṛgu lineage... dyutimān from angīrasa lineage... sāvana from the lineage of vaśiṣṭha... and havyavāhana from the lineage of sage atri... devatānām gaṇāḥ tatra traya eva narādhipa || 1-7-62 And oh, king janamejaya, there will be only three groups of devatā-s in the reign of sāvarṇi... daksha putrasya putrāḥ te rohitasya prajāpateḥ | manoḥ putro dhṛṣṭa-ketuḥ pancha-hotro nirākṛtiḥ || 1-7-63 pṛthuḥ śravā bhūri-dhāmā ṛcīko aṣṭha-hato gayaḥ | prathamasya tu sāvarṇeḥ nava putrā mahaujasaḥ || 1-7-64 And these will be the sons of rohita sāvarṇi, who is the descendant of daksha prajāpati: dhṛṣṭha-ketu, pancha-hotra, nirākṛti, pṛthu, śravā, bhūri-dhāmā, ṛcīk, aṣṭha-hata, and gaya... these will be the nine mighty sons of first sārvaṇi manu... daśame tu atha paryāye dvitīyasya antare manoḥ | haviṣmān paulaha caiva sukṛtiḥ caiva bhārgavaḥ || 1-7-65 āpo-mūrtiḥ tathā ātreyo vasiṣṭhaḥ ca aṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ | paulastyaḥ pramitiḥ caiva na-bhogaḥ caiva kāśyapaḥ | angirā nabhasaḥ satyaḥ sapta ete paramarṣayaḥ || 1-7-66 10. daksha sāvarṇi manvantam: Now I will tell you about the tenth manvantaram, presided over by daksha sāvarṇi, second one among four sāvarṇis... In this period the seven sages will be: haviṣmān of paulaha lineage; sukṛti of bhṛgu dynasty; āpo-mūrti of ātreya lineage; aṣṭama of vasiṣṭha lineage; pramiti of paulastya dynasty; nabhoga of kāśyapa lineage, and one called satya, the son of nabhasa from the lineage of angira... these seven sages of highest order will be there as seven-sages... devatānām gaṇau dvau tau ṛṣi mantrāḥ ca ye smṛtāḥ | Then there will be two orders of gods identifiable with sages and hymns... In the two paths enjoined, arcirādi mārga, dhummadi mārga, one group is having an affinity with southern path - dakśiṇa mārga - dhūma ādi devatā-s, and the other having affinity with northern path - uttara mārga abhimānī devatās. manoḥ suta uttamaujāḥ ca nikuṣaṣjaḥ ca vīryavān || 1-7-67 śatānīko nirāmitro vṛṣaseno jayadrathaḥ | bhūridyumnaḥ suvarcāḥ ca daśa tu ete sutāḥ || 1-7-68 The ten sons of this tenth manu are: uttama, ojā, nikuṣaṣja, vīryavān, śatānīka, nirāmitra, vṛṣasena, jayadratha, bhūri-dyumna, and suvarca... ekādaśo atha paryāye tṛtīyasya antare manoḥ | tasya sapta ṛṣiḥ ca api kīrtyamānān nibodha me || 1-7-69 haviṣmān kāśyapaḥ cāpi haviṣmān yaḥ ca bhārgavaḥ | taruṇaḥ ca tathā ātreyo vasiṣṭaḥ tu anagha tathā || 1-7-70 anṅirāḥ ca udadhiṣṇayaḥ ca paulastyo niścaraḥ tathā | pulahaḥ ca agnitejāḥ ca bhāvyāḥ sapta maharṣayaḥ || 1-7-71 brahmaṇaḥ tu sutā deva gaṇāḥ teṣām trayaḥ smṛtāḥ | 11. rudra-sāvarṇi manvantaram: Now the account of eleventh manu who is third one in four sāvarṇi manu-s, called rudra-sāvarṇi, may be understood as I narrate it... haviṣmanta of kāśyapa gotra, say lineage; haviṣmān of bhārgava dynasty, say that of bhṛgu; taruṇa of ātreya lineage; anagha of vasiṣṭa lineage; udadhiṣṇaya of anṅgira lineage; nishcara of paulastya lineage; agni-teja of pulaha lineage - these will be the seven sages in this time cycle, who are all the brainchildren of brahma... and the orders of gods will be three... samvartakaḥ susharma ca devānīkaḥ purūdvahaḥ || 1-7-72 kśema-dhanvā dhṛḍha-āyuḥ ca ādarśaḥ paṇḍako manuḥ | sāvarnyasya tu putrā vai tṛtīyasya nava smṛtāḥ || 1-7-73 And the sons of this third sāvarṇi are nine: samvartaka, susharma, deva-anīka, puru-udvaha kshema-dhanva, dhṛḍha-āyu, ādarśa, paṇḍaka and manu... caturthasya sāvarṇeḥ ṛṣīn sapta nibodha me | dyutiḥ vasiṣṭa putraḥ ca ātreyaḥ sutapāḥ tathā || 1-7-74 angirāḥ tapaso mūrtiḥ tapasvī kāśyapaḥ tathā | tapo-aśanaḥ ca paulastyaḥ paulahaḥ ca tapo-raviḥ || 1-7-75 bhārgavaḥ saptamaḥ teṣām vijṣeyaḥ tu tapo-dhṛtiḥ | 12. rudra-sāvarṇi manvantaram: Now something about the fourth of sāvarṇi-s, the twelfth sāvarṇi manu... dyuti of vasiṣṭa lineage; sutapa of aātreya lineage; tapo-mūrti of anṅgira lineage; tapasvī of kāśyapa gotra, say lineage; tapo-ashana of paulastya lineage; tapo-ravi of paulaha lineage, and the seventh one is tapo-dhṛti of bṛgu lineage... pancha deva gaṇāḥ proktā mānasā brahamaṇaḥ ca te || 1-7-76 The orders of devatā-s are said to be five, who are all the brainchildren of brahma... deva-vāyu a-dūraḥ ca deva-śreṣṭo vi-dūra athaḥ | mitrvān mitra-devaḥ ca mitra-senaḥ ca mitra0kṛtaḥ | mitra-bāhuḥ suvarcāḥ ca dvādaśa asya manoḥ sutāḥ || 1-7-77 And the sons of this twelfth manu will be ten and they are: deva-vāyu, adūra, deva-śreṣṭa, vidūra, mitrvān, mitra-deva, mitra-sena, mitra-kṛta, mitra-bāhu, and su-varca... trayo-dasho atha paryāye bhāvyo manvantare manoḥ | angirāḥ caiva dhṛtimān paulastyo havyapaḥ tu yaḥ || 1-7-78 paulahaḥ tattva-darśī ca bhārgavaḥ ca nirutsakaḥ | niṣ-pra-kampaḥ tathā ātreyo nirmohaḥ kaśyapaḥ tathā || 1-7-79 sutapāḥ ca eva vasiṣṭhaḥ sapta ete tu marṣayaḥ | 13. raucya / raibhya-manvantaram: Then, the seven-sages in the coming thirteenth manvantaram of raucya-manu, he is called so because he is the son of ruci, or even called as raibhya- manu, will be: dhṛtimān of anṅgira lineage; havyapa of paulasta lineage; tattva-darshi of paulaha lineage; nirutsaka of bhṛgu lineage; niṣ-pra-kampa of atri gotra, say lineage; nirmoha of kāśyapa lineage; sutapa of vasiṣṭha lineage - these are the seven sages... traya eva gaṇāḥ proktā devatānām svayambhuvā || 1-7-80 There will be three orders of gods, who are the brainchildren of brahma, the self-created... trayo-daśasya putrāḥ te vijṣeyāḥ tu ruceḥ sutāḥ | citraseno vicitraḥ ca nayo dharma-bhṛto dhṛtaḥ || 1-7-81 sunetraḥ kśatra-vṛddhiḥ ca sutapā nirbhayo dhṛḍhaḥ | raucyasya ete manoḥ putrā antare tu trayo dashe || 1-7-82 These will be the sons of the son of ruci, namely raucya, the thirteenth manu: citrasena, vicitra, naya, dharma-bhṛta, dhṛtaḥ, sunetra, kśatra-vṛddhi, sutapa, nirbhaya, and dhṛḍha... catur dasho atha paryāye bhautyasya eva antare manoḥ | bhāgrvao hi ati-bāhuḥ ca śuciḥ angirasaḥ tathā || 1-7-83 yuktaḥ caiva tathā ātreyaḥ shukro vasiṣṭha eva ca | ajitaḥ paulahaḥ caiva antyāḥ sapta ṛṣayaḥ ca te || 1-7-84 14. bhautya-manvantaram: In the period of fourteenth manu, called bhautya, the seven sages will be: ati-bāhu of bhāgrvā lineage, yukta, from the lineage of sage atri; śukra from the lineage of vasiṣṭha, shuci; aṅgīrasa, ajita, and paulaha... eteṣāṁ kalya utthāya kīrtanāt sukham edhate | yaśaḥ ca āpnoti sumahat āyuṣmān ca bhavet naraḥ ||1-7-85 atīta anāgatānām vai maharṣiṇāṁ sadā naraḥ | And if the people on getting up in the morning sing to the praise of these great sages of present and future will derive happiness, renown, and longevity... devatānām gaṇāḥ proktāḥ pancha vai bharatarṣabha || 1-7-86 And oh, king of bharata-s, there will be five orders of gods in that bhautya manvantaram... taraṅga-bhīru vapraḥ ca tarasvān ugra eva ca | abhimānī pravīṇaḥ ca jiṣṇuḥ saṁkrandanaḥ tathā || 1-7-87 tejasvī sa-balaḥ caiva bhautyaḥ te manoḥ sutāḥ | And the sons of that bhautya manu will be ten sons, who are: taraṅga-bhīru, vapra, tarasvān, ugra, abhimāni, pravīṇa, jiṣṇu, saṁkrandana, tejasvi, and sabala... bhautyasya eva adhikāre tu pūrṇam kalpaḥ tu pūryate || 1-7-88 And when the reign of bhautya manu ceases, i.e., the cycle of fourteen manvantara-s are complete, one kalpa, say era, one day in the life of four-faced-brahma, is complete. iti ete nāmato atītā manavaḥ kīrtitā mayā | taiḥ iyam pṛthvī tāta samudra-antā sa pattanā || 1-7-89 pūrṇam yuga sahasram tu paripālyā narādhipa | prajābhiḥ ca eva tapasā saṁhārasteṣu noityaśaḥ || 1-7-90 These are the accounts of past, present and future time-cycles of manu, narrated subtly by me, and oh, king, these manu-s with the efficacy of their ascesis will be in reign of the earth spanning from cities to oceans, for the benefit of people for a full time of a thousand fourfold period, called catur yugas... and people in each manvantara are also merged regularly - saṁhāra - into the Ultimate... --o)0(o-- iti śrī-mahābhārate khila-bhāge harivaṁśe harivaṁśa-parvaṇi manvantara-varṇane saptamo'dhyāyaḥ || 7 Thus, this is the seventh chapter of first canto called harivamsha-parva, in harivamśa-purāṇa, the sequel of mahābhārata, narrating the time cycles, manvantaras. --o)0(o--