Devanagari
चतुर्युगसहस्रं तु ब्रह्मणो दिनमुच्यते ।
स कल्पो यत्र मनवश्चतुर्दश विशाम्पते ॥ २ ॥
Verse text
catur-yuga-sahasraṁ tu
brahmaṇo dinam ucyate
sa kalpo yatra manavaś
caturdaśa viśām-pate
Synonyms
catuḥ-yuga
—
four ages
;
sahasram
—
one thousand
;
tu
—
indeed
;
brahmaṇaḥ
—
of Lord Brahmā
;
dinam
—
the day
;
ucyate
—
is said
;
saḥ
—
that
;
kalpaḥ
—
a kalpa
;
yatra
—
in which
;
manavaḥ
—
original progenitors of mankind
;
caturdaśa
—
fourteen
;
viśām-pate
—
O King.
Translation
One thousand cycles of four ages constitute a single day of Brahmā, known as a kalpa. In that period, O King, fourteen Manus come and go.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
One thousand cycles of four ages constitute a single day of Brahmā, known as a kalpa. In that period, O King, there are fourteen Manus.