अयातयामास्तस्यासन् यामा:स्वान्तरयापना: । शृण्वतो ध्यायतो विष्णो: कुर्वतो ब्रुवत: कथा: ॥ ३५ ॥
ayata-yamas tasyasan yamah svantara-yapanah srnvato dhyayato visnoh kurvato bruvatah kathah
- ayata-yamah
- time never lost
- tasya
- of Manu
- asan
- were
- yamah
- the hours
- sva-antara
- his duration of life
- yapanah
- bringing to an end
- srnvatah
- hearing
- dhyayatah
- contemplating
- visnoh
- of Lord Visnu
- kurvatah
- acting
- bruvatah
- speaking
- kathah
- the topics.
Consequently, although his duration of life gradually came to an end, his long life, consisting of a Manvantara era, was not spent in vain, since he ever engaged in hearing, contemplating, writing down and chanting the pastimes of the Lord.