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best adapted to that Manvantara. The administration of each Man-
vantara is in the hands of a separate set of kings and ministers.
Vishnu incarnates in each Manvantara, as the king of all who serve
as administrative officers of that Manvantara and he is as such called
the special Avatara for that Manvantara. The divine kings, the
Rishis, the Devas, all work under His direction. He gives the law
that is to be administered. He shews the path, which evolution is to
take in any particular Manvantara.)
Yajna and others are Avataras of Purusha. Guided by them,
Manu and others lead the course of the universe.
Rishis: At the end of every four Yugas, the Srutis become
devoured by time. (The human races have a life period timed to the
four Yugas. They have their infancy, as it were, in Satya Yuga, and
they have to be guided by wise sayings, which form the Srutis of
those races. The Srutis become better understood with the growth of
racial intelligence and other texts take the place of old ones. When
the races do not require the help of the earlier texts, those texts
become lost in time. When the races begin another life cycle, they
require again the help of teachings, which become revealed to the
Rishis. The Rishis then give those teachings to the races.) The
Rishis find out the Srutis, by means of Tapas. The eternal Dharma
proceeds from the Srutis. (People know their duties from the scrip-
tures.)
Manur. The Manus then take up the Dharma, and each in
his own time devotedly promulgates it on the earth.
Manu' s sons. The sons of Manu preserve the Dharma, gener-
ation after generation, till the end of the Manvantara.
Devas and Indra. Indra, with the Devas that participate in
sacrificial offerings, protects the three Lokas and gives rains.
(Besides this general administration, there are other ways also
of managing the affairs of the universe and these are mentioned inci-
dentally in the following slokas. Srid/iara.)
Hari appears as the Siddhas (Sanaka and others) and ex-
pounds divine wisdom (Jnana) in every Yuga. He appears as Rishis
(Yajnavalkya and others) and expounds Karma. As Lords of Yoga
(Dattatreya and others), He expounds Yoga.
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