Shloka 12
मन्वन्तर-क्रमः (अतीत-सप्तमन्वन्तराः) तथा मन्वन्तरावताराः
चैत्रकिंपुरुषाद्याश् च सुताः स्वारोचिषस्य तु द्वितीयम् एतत् कथितम् अन्तरं शृणु चोत्तरम्
caitrakiṃpuruṣādyāś ca sutāḥ svārociṣasya tu dvitīyam etat kathitam antaraṃ śṛṇu cottaram
Caitra, Kiṃpuruṣa, and the others were indeed the sons of Svārociṣa. Thus the second Manvantara has been told; now hear of the one that follows.
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Continuation of Manvantara sequence after describing Svārociṣa’s cycle
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: clear, sequential, instructive
Creation Stage: Manvantara
Manvantara: Svarochisha
Concept: Cosmic time is taught as an ordered succession of Manvantaras, each with its own progeny and offices.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Cultivate śravaṇa—patient listening—and a long view of time that steadies the mind amid change.
Vishishtadvaita: The orderly unfolding of time-cycles reflects a purposeful divine administration rather than random cosmology.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
FAQs
This verse marks the completion of the second Manvantara’s account and signals the orderly progression to the next, presenting cosmic time as a structured succession governed by dharma under Vishnu’s sovereignty.
He narrates each Manvantara as an “interval” with its own Manu and progeny, then explicitly transitions—here, from Svārociṣa’s line—into the next cycle to maintain chronological continuity.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Manvantara framework implies a cosmos sustained by the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—through recurring, law-governed epochs and lineages.