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Verse 26. Half the life-period of the present Brahma has elapsed; some said that only eight and half years of his life has elapsed—Let the Agama or tradition be whatsoever; we don’t have any need of knowing it because the planetary positions have to be computed only from the beginning of this Kalpa.

Verse 27. In as much as the creation started only from the beginning of this Kalpa which is the present day-time of Brahma, and because deluge takes place at the end of the day-time, the question of Computing the planetary positions arises only when the planets exist.

If some (the allusion is to Vateswara) propose to compute the planetary positions even when the very planets did not exist, may we salute those great people !

Verse 28. Six Manus have elapsed in this Kalpa, thereafter twentyseven yugas, as well as three yugapadas namely Krita, Treta and Dwapara. Further 3179 years of this fourth yugapada namely Kali have elapsed by the end of the Saka king (which moment was the beginning of the Saka era).

Hence in the present Kalpa ie the day-time of this Brahma, 19729 47179 years have elapsed upto the beginning of the Saka era.

Verse 29. The six Manus that went before the present Vaivasvata were Swayambhuva, Swarocisa, Auttama Tamasa, Raivata and Caksbusha.

Verse 30. The Sambhitikas declare that a Samvatsara is equal to the time of a mean sidereal revolution of Guru the Jupiter (This is the Barhaspatyamana).

The ninth mana named the Manushyamana is composite of the four manas (as detailed in verse 31).

Verse 31. The manushya-mana or that which men follow, adopts the year, the Ayana the Rtu or the season (six in number during an year) and the yuga according to the movement of the Sun ie according to Sauramana the months and the thithis according to the luni-solar reckoning ie according to Chandramana the Vratas, upavasas, treatment of diseases, deliveries of ladies, the names of the weeks all these according to the reckoning of civil days ie according to Savanamana and finally the ghatis to the

Verse 32. Thus there are nine manas Manava, Divya (or of gods), Barhaspatya (Jovian) paitra, Nakshatra, Saura, Chandra, Savana and Brahma. But the planetary positions are to be computed by men by their own mana.