indra-sÄvarṇye 'bá¹›hadbhÄnu' abhidhÄna
ei caudda manvantare caudda 'avatÄra' nÄma
indra-sÄvarṇye - in the Indra-sÄvarṇya-manvantara; bá¹›hadbhÄnu - the avatÄra named Bá¹›hadbhÄnu; abhidhÄna - named; ei caudda manvantare - in the fourteen manvantaras; caudda - fourteen; avatÄra - of the incarnations; nÄma - different names.
“In the Indra-sÄvarṇya-manvantara, the avatÄra is named Bá¹›hadbhÄnu. These are the names of the fourteen avatÄras in the fourteen manvantaras.
ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura, in his AnubhÄá¹£ya, gives a list of Manus and their fathers’ names: (1) SvÄyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord BrahmÄ; (2) SvÄrociá¹£a, the son of Svarocis, or Agni, the predominating deity of fire; (3) Uttama, the son of King Priyavrata; (4) TÄmasa, the brother of Uttama; (5) Raivata, the twin brother of TÄmasa; (6) CÄká¹£uá¹£a, the son of the demigod Caká¹£us; (7) Vaivasvata, the son of VivasvÄn, the sun-god (whose name is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ [4.1]); (8) SÄvarṇi, a son born to the sun-god and his wife ChÄyÄ; (9) Daká¹£a-sÄvarṇi, the son of the demigod Varuṇa; (10) Brahma-sÄvarṇi, the son of UpaÅ›loka; (11-14) Rudra-sÄvarṇi, Dharma-sÄvarṇi, Deva-sÄvarṇi and Indra-sÄvarṇi, the sons of Rudra, Ruci, SatyasahÄ and BhÅ«ti respectively.
