एतत् कल्पविकल्पस्य प्रमाणं परिकीर्तितम् ।
यत्र मन्वन्तराण्याहुश्चतुर्दश पुराविदः ॥११॥

etat kalpa-vikalpasya
pramÄṇaá¹ parikÄ«rtitam
yatra manvantarÄṇy ÄhuÅ›
caturdaÅ›a purÄvidaḥ

 etat - all these; kalpa - in one day of Lord BrahmÄ; vikalpasya - of the changes in a kalpa, such as the change of Manus; pramÄṇam - evidences; parikÄ«rtitam - described (by me); yatra - wherein; manvantarÄṇi - periods of Manu; Ähuḥ - said; caturdaÅ›a - fourteen; purÄ-vidaḥ - learned scholars.


Text

In one kalpa, or one day of BrahmÄ, there take place the many changes called vikalpas. O King, all of these have been previously described to you by me. Learned scholars who know the past, present and future have ascertained that in one day of BrahmÄ there are fourteen Manus.

Purport

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “The System of Universal Management.â€