Shloka 14

भविष्य-मन्वन्तराः (अष्टम-चतुर्दश) तथा कल्प-युग-व्यवस्था

Devanagari script

तस्य मन्वन्तरं ह्य् एतत् सावर्णिकम् अथाष्टमम् तच् छृणुष्व महाभाग भविष्यं कथयामि ते

Transliteration

tasya manvantaraṃ hy etat sāvarṇikam athāṣṭamam tac chṛṇuṣva mahābhāga bhaviṣyaṃ kathayāmi te

Translation

This, indeed, is his Manvantara—called the Sāvarṇika, the eighth in the great sequence. Listen, O greatly fortunate one; I shall now recount to you what is yet to come.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• manvantaram: Manu-period, Manvantara
• manvantaram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manvantara (प्रातिपदिक; manu + antara)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (manor antaraṃ = period of Manu)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• sāvarṇikam: belonging to Sāvarṇi
• sāvarṇikam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāvarṇika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (manvantara-विशेषण)

• atha: and then/now
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (sequencer/now/then)

• aṣṭamam: eighth
• aṣṭamam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (manvantara-विशेषण)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• śṛṇuṣva: listen
• śṛṇuṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahābhāga (प्रातिपदिक; mahā + bhāga)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (mahān bhāgaḥ yasya)

• bhaviṣyam: the future (account)
• bhaviṣyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaviṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kathayāmi: I tell, I will relate
• kathayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु; कथयति denom./caus.)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2/4), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप (to you/for you)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Transition to the future account of the eighth (Sāvarṇika) Manvantara

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: compassionate

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Manvantara

Manvantara: Savarni

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Time unfolds in ordered cycles (manvantaras), and sacred narration can disclose even future administrations within the kalpa.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Adopt a long view: setbacks and upheavals occur within cycles; anchor practice in steady devotion and dharma across changing times.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s sovereignty spans past, present, and future cycles; temporal order is a real mode (prakāra) within Brahman’s governance, not mere illusion.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Characters & Entities

• Sāvarṇika Manu

FAQs

What is the significance of the Sāvarṇika Manvantara in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse marks the narrative shift to the eighth Manvantara—Sāvarṇika—framing it as a distinct cosmic administration within the larger Manvantara cycle.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Manvantara cycle here?

He signals a chronological transition: having identified the current context, he invites Maitreya to listen as he narrates the forthcoming (future) Manvantara details in sequence.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Manvantara order presupposes a divinely governed cosmos—time and rulership unfolding under the Supreme Reality that the Purana consistently identifies with Vishnu.