Shloka 42

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

Devanagari script

भौत्यश् चतुर्दशश् चात्र मैत्रेय भविता मनुः शुचिर् इन्द्रः सुरगणास् तत्र पञ्च शृणुष्व तान्

Transliteration

bhautyaś caturdaśaś cātra maitreya bhavitā manuḥ śucir indraḥ suragaṇās tatra pañca śṛṇuṣva tān

Translation

And here, O Maitreya, in the fourteenth (and final) Manvantara, Bhautya will be the Manu. Śuci will be the Indra; and the divine hosts there will be five in number—listen as I recount them.

Word by Word

• भौत्यः: Bhautya (name)
• भौत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भौत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चतुर्दशः: the fourteenth
• चतुर्दशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण; समासः चतुर् + दश

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here/in this context)

• मैत्रेय: O Maitreya
• मैत्रेय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शुचिः: Śuci (name)
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुरगणाः: groups of gods
• सुरगणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरगण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः सुर + गण

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च (अव्यय/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable numeral)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Enumeration of the 14th Manvantara: Manu, Indra, and the five classes of gods

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Manvantara

Manvantara: Bhautya (14th)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Cosmic governance unfolds in ordered cycles (Manvantaras) with designated Manus, Indras, and divine hosts.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Cultivate perspective on time and duty by seeing personal life within larger cycles; practice steadiness in dharma amid change.

Vishishtadvaita: Orderly cosmic administration implies a personal supreme regulator (Nārāyaṇa) who sustains the universe through appointed powers.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana (cosmic)

Characters & Entities

• Maitreya
• Parāśara
• Bhautya (Manu)
• Śuci (Indra)
• Sura-gaṇas (classes of gods)

FAQs

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

It completes the standard Purāṇic cycle of fourteen Manvantaras, each with its own Manu and Indra, showing how cosmic governance changes in time while the overarching order remains upheld under Vishnu.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Manvantara cycle here?

Parāśara presents it as an ordered succession: he names the Manu for that period (Bhautya), then the Indra (Śuci), and then indicates the associated divine hosts, continuing a systematic catalogue of cosmic administrations.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even though Vishnu is not named in this single verse, the Manvantara framework presumes a stable supreme sovereignty: offices like Manu and Indra rotate, but the cosmos remains intelligible and sustained by the higher, enduring reality that the Purāṇa attributes to Vishnu.