SB 4.30.49 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

चाक्षुषे त्वन्तरे प्राप्ते प्राक्सर्गे कालविद्रुते । य: ससर्ज प्रजा इष्टा: स दक्षो दैवचोदित: ॥ ४९ ॥

Verse text

cākṣuṣe tv antare prāpte prāk-sarge kāla-vidrute yaḥ sasarja prajā iṣṭāḥ sa dakṣo daiva-coditaḥ

Synonyms

cākṣuṣe — named Cākṣuṣa ; tu — but ; antare — the manvantara ; prāpte — when it happened ; prāk — previous ; sarge — creation ; kāla — vidrute — destroyed in due course of time ; yaḥ — one who ; sasarja — created ; prajāḥ — living entities ; iṣṭāḥ — desirable ; saḥ — he ; dakṣaḥ — Dakṣa ; daiva — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; coditaḥ — inspired .

Translation

His previous body had been destroyed, but he, the same Dakṣa, inspired by the supreme will, created all the desired living entities in the Cākṣuṣa manvantara.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

He who, inspired by the Lord, created the desired progeny at the time of Cākṣuṣa Manvantara when the previous creation had been destroyed by time, is known as Dakṣa. By pleasing Śiva through praising him, Dakṣa regained his power and body. That is described here. Prāk-sarge kāla-vidrute means “when the fifth manvantara ended, and the old creation was destroyed by the will of the Lord (kalataḥ).” He was born during Svāyambhuva Manvantara and had to perform austerities until the fifth manvantara with a desire to regain his previous powers. In the sixth manvantara his austerities bore fruit.

Purport

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (8.17) : sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ “By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of Brahmā’s one day. And such also is the duration of his night.” Brahmā’s one day consists of one thousand cycles of the four yugas — Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali. In that one day there are fourteen manvantaras, and out of these manvantaras this Cākṣuṣa manvantara is the sixth. The various Manus existing in one day of Lord Brahmā are as follows: (1) Svāyambhuva, (2) Svārociṣa, (3) Uttama, (4) Tāmasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Cākṣuṣa, (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Sāvarṇi, (9) Dakṣasāvarṇi, (10) Brahma-sāvarṇi, (11) Dharma-sāvarṇi, (12) Rudra-sāvarṇi, (13) Deva-sāvarṇi and (14) Indra-sāvarṇi. Thus there are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahmā. In a year there are 5,040 Manus. Brahmā has to live for one hundred years; consequently, the total of Manus appearing and disappearing during the life of one Brahmā is 504,000. This is the calculation for one universe, and there are innumerable universes. All these Manus come and go simply by the breathing process of Mahā-Viṣṇu. As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā: yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi The word jagad-aṇḍa-nātha means Lord Brahmā. There are innumerable jagad-aṇḍa-nātha Brahmās, and thus we can calculate the many Manus. The present age is under the control of Vaivasvata Manu. Each Manu lives 4,320,000 years multiplied by 71. The present Manu has already lived for 4,320,000 years multiplied by 28. All these long life spans are ultimately ended by the laws of material nature. The controversy of the Dakṣa-yajṣa took place in the Svāyambhuva manvantara period. As a result, Dakṣa was punished by Lord Śiva, but by virtue of his prayers to Lord Śiva he became eligible to regain his former opulence. According to Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, Dakṣa underwent severe penances up to the fifth manvantara. Thus at the beginning of the sixth manvantara, known as the Cākṣuṣa manvantara, Dakṣa regained his former opulence by the blessings of Lord Śiva.