catur-yuga-sahasraṁ tu
brahmaṇo dinam ucyate
sa kalpo yatra manavaś
caturdaśa viśām-pate

 catuḥ-yuga - four ages; sahasram - one thousand; tu - indeed; brahmaṇaḥ - of Lord Brahmā; dinam - the day; ucyate - is said; saḥ - that; kalpaḥ - a kalpa; yatra - in which; manavaḥ - original progenitors of mankind; caturdaśa - fourteen; viśām-pate - O King.


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One thousand cycles of four ages constitute a single day of Brahmā, known as a kalpa. In that period, O King, fourteen Manus come and go.

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