SB 3.11.27 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

मन्वन्तरेषु भगवान् बिभ्रत्सत्त्वं स्वमूर्तिभि: । मन्वादिभिरिदं विश्वमवत्युदितपौरुष: ॥ २७ ॥

Verse text

manvantareṣu bhagavān bibhrat sattvaṁ sva-mūrtibhiḥ manv-ādibhir idaṁ viśvam avaty udita-pauruṣaḥ

Synonyms

manu — antareṣu — in each change of Manu ; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead ; bibhrat — manifesting ; sattvam — His internal potency ; sva — mūrtibhiḥ — by His different incarnations ; manu — ādibhiḥ — as Manus ; idam — this ; viśvam — the universe ; avati — maintains ; udita — discovering ; pauruṣaḥ — divine potencies .

Translation

In each and every change of Manu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears by manifesting His internal potency in different incarnations, as Manu and others. Thus He maintains the universe by discovered power.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

In all the Manvantara periods, the Lord, supporting material sattva-guṇa by his avatāras and the Manus, thus revealing his form as a human (udita-pauruṣaḥ), protects this universe. Sva-mūrtibhiḥ means by his avatāras. Udita-pauruṣaḥ means “manifested human form.”