निशावसान आरब्धो लोककल्पोऽनुवर्तते । यावद्दिनं भगवतो मनून् भुञ्जंश्चतुर्दश ॥ २३ ॥
nisavasana arabdho loka-kalpo ’nuvartate yavad dinam bhagavato manun bhunjams catur-dasa
- nisa
- night
- avasane
- termination
- arabdhah
- beginning from
- loka-kalpah
- further creation of the three worlds
- anuvartate
- follows
- yavat
- until
- dinam
- the daytime
- bhagavatah
- of the lord (Brahma)
- manun
- the Manus
- bhunjan
- existing through
- catuh-dasa
- fourteen.
After the end of Brahma’s night, the creation of the three worlds begins again in the daytime of Brahma, and they continue to exist through the life durations of fourteen consecutive Manus, or fathers of mankind.