Canto 3, Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Verse 24 (SB 3.11.24)
SB 3.11.24 • मूल श्लोक

स्वं स्वं कालं मनुर्भुङ्क्ते साधिकां ह्येकसप्ततिम् ॥ २४ ॥

Transliteration

svaṁ svaṁ kālaṁ manur bhuṅkte sādhikāṁ hy eka-saptatim

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

svam — own; svam — accordingly; kālam — duration of life; manuḥ — Manu; bhuṅkte — enjoys; sa-adhikām — a little more than; hi — certainly; eka-saptatim — seventy-one.

Translation

“Each and every Manu enjoys a life of a little more than seventy-one sets of four millenniums.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
The duration of life of a Manu comprises seventy-one sets of four millenniums, as described in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa. The duration of life of one Manu is about 852,000 years in the calculation of the demigods, or, in the calculation of human beings, 306,720,000 years.