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2024-04-25, 0:31 AM |
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Chapter
14: The
System of Universal Management
(1)
The king
said: 'Oh great sage, can you please describe to me the activities in
which all these Manus and the others are engaged during
each manvantara and who prescribes them?'
(2) The rishi said: 'Oh King, the Manus and all their sons, the sages, the Indras and the
godly ones no doubt all resort under the rule of the Original Person. (3) The
Lord of Sacrifice Yajña and the other incarnations of the
Supreme Personality I already discussed oh King, constitute
the lead followed by the Manus
and others in charge of the universal affairs. (4) In disregard of the penance as [exemplified] by the
sages, in the
course of a mahâyuga the Vedic instruction is lost that promotes the sanâtana dharma [the customary Vedic
duties according to status and vocation, see also 3.12: 41]. (5) With
that in mind the Manus are engaged for as long as they are present in this
world, in directly establishing
this fourfold dharma as instructed by the Lord, oh
ruler of man [see also B.G. 4:
1]. (6) Till
the end of the era the
rulers of the universe [the heirs of Manu] execute that order even as
the demigods and the other divisions of enjoyers of the results of the
sacrifices do this [see also B.G.
4: 2]. (7) Indra maintains all the
places of the three worlds by providing all the
rain that the world needs and [thus] enjoys the excellent
opulence of the three worlds that is given by the Supreme Lord. (8) In every yuga the
Lord assumes the forms of
liberated persons [the perfected ones or the Siddhas] to explain the transcendental knowledge, He
assumes the forms of great
saints [rishis] to explain what karma entails [performing
rituals] and He assumes the
forms of great lords of
yoga in order to teach the science of unifying in consciousness. (9) In
the form of the founding
fathers [the Prajâpatis] He creates offspring, to annihilate the
miscreants He assumes the form of kings and in the form of time He is there
to
put
an
end
to
everything
that
grew
different following the modes of
nature. (10) People who under the influence of
mâyâ are bewildered by the illusion of His names and
forms and [approach Him with] different views [dars'anas] are
looking for Him but cannot find Him [compare B.G. 18:
66]. (11) With all these changes [of the Manus in so-called
vikalpas] that I described as taking place in one day of
Brahmâ [one kalpa] I [thus] reported about the fourteen manvantaras the scholars speak about.'
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