अध्याय १०
श्लोक 1
एते युगसहस्रान्ते विनश्यन्ति पुनः पुनः ब्रह्माद्या विष्णुसायुज्यं याता यास्यन्ति वै द्विजाः ॥ मत्स्_९।३९ मत्स्य-पुराण १० बहुभिर् धारिणी भुक्ता भूपालैः श्रूयते पुरा पार्थिवाः पृथिवीयोगात् पृथिवी कस्य योगतः
ete yugasahasrānte vinaśyanti punaḥ punaḥ brahmādyā viṣṇusāyujyaṃ yātā yāsyanti vai dvijāḥ // Mats_9.39 matsya-purāṇa 10 bahubhir dhāriṇī bhuktā bhūpālaiḥ śrūyate purā pārthivāḥ pṛthivīyogāt pṛthivī kasya yogataḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
इस प्रकार श्रीमत्स्यमहापुराणमें वैन्याभिवर्णन नामक दसवाँ अध्याय सम्पूर्ण हुआ इसे विस्तारसे समझनेके लिये 'योगवासिष्ठ १। १। ३०-४० देखना चाहिए ।
English
" I have explained to you sometliing about the past and future Manus, 0, King! Similarly, commencing from the age of Devas, in the 904lh age, the afore-mentioned fourteen Manns rule in succession. In« their time, they play their part in the creation of tlie moveable and immoveable objects, and afterwards attain (Inal rest with Brabm, at the end of tlie age.' They (the Manus', after 1,000 tiges, shall be absorbed in BrahmiS and be joined to Vianu **. — 34.