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According to the Matysa Purana, the events of the Srimad Bhagavatam took place during the Sarasvata Kalpa.



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When was the Sarasvata Kalpa? Currently, we're in the Sveta Varaha Kalpa.



And who is it referring to by "degraded men"?










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    We need to find Kalpa order...... is it there?

    – Akshay S
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  • @AkshayS It might be there in some Purana.

    – Ikshvaku
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  • A similar verse occurs in other purana, the word is naramarah, nara and amarah, that translated to humans and gods. I think it is mistake in the matsya purana, someone printed it as naradhamah which means degraded men.

    – RaRe
    4 hours ago











  • Saraswata Kalpa and Padma kalpa and Sveta Varaha Kalpa are one and the same.

    – Naveen Kick
    3 hours ago











  • As Naveen said, all three are the different names of the current kalpa.

    – RaRe
    3 hours ago


















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According to the Matysa Purana, the events of the Srimad Bhagavatam took place during the Sarasvata Kalpa.



enter image description here



When was the Sarasvata Kalpa? Currently, we're in the Sveta Varaha Kalpa.



And who is it referring to by "degraded men"?










share|improve this question




















  • 1





    We need to find Kalpa order...... is it there?

    – Akshay S
    5 hours ago











  • @AkshayS It might be there in some Purana.

    – Ikshvaku
    5 hours ago











  • A similar verse occurs in other purana, the word is naramarah, nara and amarah, that translated to humans and gods. I think it is mistake in the matsya purana, someone printed it as naradhamah which means degraded men.

    – RaRe
    4 hours ago











  • Saraswata Kalpa and Padma kalpa and Sveta Varaha Kalpa are one and the same.

    – Naveen Kick
    3 hours ago











  • As Naveen said, all three are the different names of the current kalpa.

    – RaRe
    3 hours ago
















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According to the Matysa Purana, the events of the Srimad Bhagavatam took place during the Sarasvata Kalpa.



enter image description here



When was the Sarasvata Kalpa? Currently, we're in the Sveta Varaha Kalpa.



And who is it referring to by "degraded men"?










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According to the Matysa Purana, the events of the Srimad Bhagavatam took place during the Sarasvata Kalpa.



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When was the Sarasvata Kalpa? Currently, we're in the Sveta Varaha Kalpa.



And who is it referring to by "degraded men"?







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    We need to find Kalpa order...... is it there?

    – Akshay S
    5 hours ago











  • @AkshayS It might be there in some Purana.

    – Ikshvaku
    5 hours ago











  • A similar verse occurs in other purana, the word is naramarah, nara and amarah, that translated to humans and gods. I think it is mistake in the matsya purana, someone printed it as naradhamah which means degraded men.

    – RaRe
    4 hours ago











  • Saraswata Kalpa and Padma kalpa and Sveta Varaha Kalpa are one and the same.

    – Naveen Kick
    3 hours ago











  • As Naveen said, all three are the different names of the current kalpa.

    – RaRe
    3 hours ago
















  • 1





    We need to find Kalpa order...... is it there?

    – Akshay S
    5 hours ago











  • @AkshayS It might be there in some Purana.

    – Ikshvaku
    5 hours ago











  • A similar verse occurs in other purana, the word is naramarah, nara and amarah, that translated to humans and gods. I think it is mistake in the matsya purana, someone printed it as naradhamah which means degraded men.

    – RaRe
    4 hours ago











  • Saraswata Kalpa and Padma kalpa and Sveta Varaha Kalpa are one and the same.

    – Naveen Kick
    3 hours ago











  • As Naveen said, all three are the different names of the current kalpa.

    – RaRe
    3 hours ago










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We need to find Kalpa order...... is it there?

– Akshay S
5 hours ago





We need to find Kalpa order...... is it there?

– Akshay S
5 hours ago













@AkshayS It might be there in some Purana.

– Ikshvaku
5 hours ago





@AkshayS It might be there in some Purana.

– Ikshvaku
5 hours ago













A similar verse occurs in other purana, the word is naramarah, nara and amarah, that translated to humans and gods. I think it is mistake in the matsya purana, someone printed it as naradhamah which means degraded men.

– RaRe
4 hours ago





A similar verse occurs in other purana, the word is naramarah, nara and amarah, that translated to humans and gods. I think it is mistake in the matsya purana, someone printed it as naradhamah which means degraded men.

– RaRe
4 hours ago













Saraswata Kalpa and Padma kalpa and Sveta Varaha Kalpa are one and the same.

– Naveen Kick
3 hours ago





Saraswata Kalpa and Padma kalpa and Sveta Varaha Kalpa are one and the same.

– Naveen Kick
3 hours ago













As Naveen said, all three are the different names of the current kalpa.

– RaRe
3 hours ago







As Naveen said, all three are the different names of the current kalpa.

– RaRe
3 hours ago












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Saraswata Kalpa is as same as Sveta Varaha Kalpa only.



In the Mahabharata 12:350(Shanti Parva), previous birth of Vyasa is narrated. After Brahma was created from the navel of Narayana, the goddess of intelligence (Buddhi) upon the orders of Narayana entered into Brahma, then Brahma finished the creation. Thereafter Vishnu decided to incarnate in the earth whenever Adharma arises.




After this, the original Creator of the universe once more uttered the
syllable, Bho, causing the atmosphere to resound with it. From this
syllable of speech (Saraswati) arose a Rishi of the name Saraswat. The
son, thus born of the Speech of Narayana, came to be, also called by
the name of Apantara-tamas.
Endued with great puissance, he was fully
conversant with the past, the present, and the future. Firm in the
observance of vows, he was truthful in speech. Unto that Rishi who, after
birth, had bowed his head unto Narayana, the latter, who was the
original Creator of all the deities and possessed of a nature that was
immutable, said those words: Thou shouldst devote thy attention to the
distribution of the Vedas, O foremost of all persons endued with
intelligence. Do thou, therefore, O ascetic, accomplish what I
command thee.In obedience to this command of the Supreme Lord from
whose Speech the Rishi Apantaratamas sprang into existence, the
latter, in the Manvantara K.M Ganguli wrongly translated this as "in the Kalpa" instead of "in the Manvantara" named after the Self-born Manu(swayambhu Manu), distributed and
arranged the Vedas. For that act of the Rishi, the illustrious Hari
became gratified with him, as also for his well-performed penances,
his vow and observances, and his restraint of the senses or passions.
Addressing him,



Narayana said, At each Manwantara, O son, thou wilt
act in this way with respect to the Vedas.
Thou shalt, in consequence
of this act of thine, be immutable, O regenerate one, and incapable of
being transcended by any one. When the Kali age will set in, certain
princes of Bharata's line, to be called by the name of Kauravas, will
take their birth from thee. They will be celebrated over the Earth as
high-souled princes ruling over powerful kingdoms. Born of thee,
dissensions will break out among them ending in their destruction at
one another's hands excepting yourself. O foremost of regenerate
persons, in that age also, endued with austere penances, thou wilt
distribute the Vedas into diverse classes.
Indeed, in that dark age,
thy complexion will become dark.



Thou shalt cause diverse kinds of
duties to flow and diverse kinds of knowledge also. Although endued
with austere penances, yet thou shalt never be able to free thyself
from desire and attachment to the world. Thy son, however, will be
freed from every attachment like unto the Supreme Soul, through the
grace of Madhava. It will not be otherwise. He whom learned Brahmanas
call the mind-born son of the Grandsire, viz., Vasishtha endued with
great intelligence and like unto an ocean of penances, and whose
splendour transcends that of the Sun himself, will be the progenitor
of a race in which a great Rishi of the name of Parasara, possessed of
mighty energy and prowess, will take his birth. That foremost of
persons, that ocean of Vedas, that abode of penances, will become thy
sire (when thou wilt take birth in the Kali age). Thou shalt take thy
birth as the son of a maiden residing in the house of her sire,
through an act of congress with the great Rishi Parasara.
Doubts thou wilt have none with respect to the imports of things past,
present, and future. Endued with penances and instructed by me, thou
wilt behold the incidents of thousands and thousands of ages long past
away. Thou wilt see through thousands and thousands of ages also in
the future. Thou shalt, in that birth, behold me, O ascetic,--me that
am without birth and death,--incarnated on Earth (as Krishna of Yadu's
race), armed with the discus. All this will happen to thee, O ascetic,
through the merit that will be thine in consequence of thy ceaseless
devotion to me. These words of mine will never be otherwise.



Thou
shalt be one of the foremost of creatures. Great shall be thy fame.
Surya's son Sani (Saturn) will, in a future Kalpa, take birth as the
great Manu of that period.
During that Manwantara, O son, thou shalt,
in respect of merits, be superior to even the Manus of the several
periods. Without doubt, thou shalt be so through my grace. Whatever
exists in the world represents the result of my exertion. The thoughts
of others may not correspond with their acts. As regards myself,
however, I always ordain what I think, without the least impediment!
Having said these words unto the Rishi Apantaratamas, otherwise called
by the name of Saraswat, the Supreme Lord dismissed him, saying unto
him. Go. I am he that was born as Apantaratamas through the command
of Hari. Once more have I taken birth as the celebrated
Krishna-Dwaipayana, a delighter of the race of Vasishtha.
I have thus
told you, my dear disciples, the circumstances, of my own former birth
which was due to the grace of Narayana in so much that I was a very
portion of Narayana himself.




Summary




  • The creator of the universe uttered the syllable of speech
    (Saraswati). From that syllable arosed a Rishi named Saraswat, who
    was called by the name Apantara-tamas.

  • He in the Swayambhu manvantara distributed the Vedas. Because of
    this, Lord Narayana became very happy and said to him that
    Saraswat will be born in the Kali Yuga when Kauravas take birth.
    Narayana also said in that birth his complexion will be
    dark(krishna Dwaipayana).

  • Narayana said he will be born in the lineage of Vasishtha to
    Parashara, (We all know that Vyasa was the son of Parashara) in
    the Manvantara when sun god vivasvan's son Shani (i.e.,
    vaivaswata) will be the Manu.


Conclusion



The current Kalpa is called Sveta Varaha Kalpa because Varaha Avatar of Vishnu happened in the beginning of this Kalpa. Similarly, in the beginning of this Kalpa, a Rishi named Saratwata was born which was the previous birth of Vyasa of 28th Dwaparayuga of Vaisvasvata Manvantara, because of
which this kalpa is called Saraswata Kalpa.






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    Saraswata Kalpa is as same as Sveta Varaha Kalpa only.



    In the Mahabharata 12:350(Shanti Parva), previous birth of Vyasa is narrated. After Brahma was created from the navel of Narayana, the goddess of intelligence (Buddhi) upon the orders of Narayana entered into Brahma, then Brahma finished the creation. Thereafter Vishnu decided to incarnate in the earth whenever Adharma arises.




    After this, the original Creator of the universe once more uttered the
    syllable, Bho, causing the atmosphere to resound with it. From this
    syllable of speech (Saraswati) arose a Rishi of the name Saraswat. The
    son, thus born of the Speech of Narayana, came to be, also called by
    the name of Apantara-tamas.
    Endued with great puissance, he was fully
    conversant with the past, the present, and the future. Firm in the
    observance of vows, he was truthful in speech. Unto that Rishi who, after
    birth, had bowed his head unto Narayana, the latter, who was the
    original Creator of all the deities and possessed of a nature that was
    immutable, said those words: Thou shouldst devote thy attention to the
    distribution of the Vedas, O foremost of all persons endued with
    intelligence. Do thou, therefore, O ascetic, accomplish what I
    command thee.In obedience to this command of the Supreme Lord from
    whose Speech the Rishi Apantaratamas sprang into existence, the
    latter, in the Manvantara K.M Ganguli wrongly translated this as "in the Kalpa" instead of "in the Manvantara" named after the Self-born Manu(swayambhu Manu), distributed and
    arranged the Vedas. For that act of the Rishi, the illustrious Hari
    became gratified with him, as also for his well-performed penances,
    his vow and observances, and his restraint of the senses or passions.
    Addressing him,



    Narayana said, At each Manwantara, O son, thou wilt
    act in this way with respect to the Vedas.
    Thou shalt, in consequence
    of this act of thine, be immutable, O regenerate one, and incapable of
    being transcended by any one. When the Kali age will set in, certain
    princes of Bharata's line, to be called by the name of Kauravas, will
    take their birth from thee. They will be celebrated over the Earth as
    high-souled princes ruling over powerful kingdoms. Born of thee,
    dissensions will break out among them ending in their destruction at
    one another's hands excepting yourself. O foremost of regenerate
    persons, in that age also, endued with austere penances, thou wilt
    distribute the Vedas into diverse classes.
    Indeed, in that dark age,
    thy complexion will become dark.



    Thou shalt cause diverse kinds of
    duties to flow and diverse kinds of knowledge also. Although endued
    with austere penances, yet thou shalt never be able to free thyself
    from desire and attachment to the world. Thy son, however, will be
    freed from every attachment like unto the Supreme Soul, through the
    grace of Madhava. It will not be otherwise. He whom learned Brahmanas
    call the mind-born son of the Grandsire, viz., Vasishtha endued with
    great intelligence and like unto an ocean of penances, and whose
    splendour transcends that of the Sun himself, will be the progenitor
    of a race in which a great Rishi of the name of Parasara, possessed of
    mighty energy and prowess, will take his birth. That foremost of
    persons, that ocean of Vedas, that abode of penances, will become thy
    sire (when thou wilt take birth in the Kali age). Thou shalt take thy
    birth as the son of a maiden residing in the house of her sire,
    through an act of congress with the great Rishi Parasara.
    Doubts thou wilt have none with respect to the imports of things past,
    present, and future. Endued with penances and instructed by me, thou
    wilt behold the incidents of thousands and thousands of ages long past
    away. Thou wilt see through thousands and thousands of ages also in
    the future. Thou shalt, in that birth, behold me, O ascetic,--me that
    am without birth and death,--incarnated on Earth (as Krishna of Yadu's
    race), armed with the discus. All this will happen to thee, O ascetic,
    through the merit that will be thine in consequence of thy ceaseless
    devotion to me. These words of mine will never be otherwise.



    Thou
    shalt be one of the foremost of creatures. Great shall be thy fame.
    Surya's son Sani (Saturn) will, in a future Kalpa, take birth as the
    great Manu of that period.
    During that Manwantara, O son, thou shalt,
    in respect of merits, be superior to even the Manus of the several
    periods. Without doubt, thou shalt be so through my grace. Whatever
    exists in the world represents the result of my exertion. The thoughts
    of others may not correspond with their acts. As regards myself,
    however, I always ordain what I think, without the least impediment!
    Having said these words unto the Rishi Apantaratamas, otherwise called
    by the name of Saraswat, the Supreme Lord dismissed him, saying unto
    him. Go. I am he that was born as Apantaratamas through the command
    of Hari. Once more have I taken birth as the celebrated
    Krishna-Dwaipayana, a delighter of the race of Vasishtha.
    I have thus
    told you, my dear disciples, the circumstances, of my own former birth
    which was due to the grace of Narayana in so much that I was a very
    portion of Narayana himself.




    Summary




    • The creator of the universe uttered the syllable of speech
      (Saraswati). From that syllable arosed a Rishi named Saraswat, who
      was called by the name Apantara-tamas.

    • He in the Swayambhu manvantara distributed the Vedas. Because of
      this, Lord Narayana became very happy and said to him that
      Saraswat will be born in the Kali Yuga when Kauravas take birth.
      Narayana also said in that birth his complexion will be
      dark(krishna Dwaipayana).

    • Narayana said he will be born in the lineage of Vasishtha to
      Parashara, (We all know that Vyasa was the son of Parashara) in
      the Manvantara when sun god vivasvan's son Shani (i.e.,
      vaivaswata) will be the Manu.


    Conclusion



    The current Kalpa is called Sveta Varaha Kalpa because Varaha Avatar of Vishnu happened in the beginning of this Kalpa. Similarly, in the beginning of this Kalpa, a Rishi named Saratwata was born which was the previous birth of Vyasa of 28th Dwaparayuga of Vaisvasvata Manvantara, because of
    which this kalpa is called Saraswata Kalpa.






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      In the Mahabharata 12:350(Shanti Parva), previous birth of Vyasa is narrated. After Brahma was created from the navel of Narayana, the goddess of intelligence (Buddhi) upon the orders of Narayana entered into Brahma, then Brahma finished the creation. Thereafter Vishnu decided to incarnate in the earth whenever Adharma arises.




      After this, the original Creator of the universe once more uttered the
      syllable, Bho, causing the atmosphere to resound with it. From this
      syllable of speech (Saraswati) arose a Rishi of the name Saraswat. The
      son, thus born of the Speech of Narayana, came to be, also called by
      the name of Apantara-tamas.
      Endued with great puissance, he was fully
      conversant with the past, the present, and the future. Firm in the
      observance of vows, he was truthful in speech. Unto that Rishi who, after
      birth, had bowed his head unto Narayana, the latter, who was the
      original Creator of all the deities and possessed of a nature that was
      immutable, said those words: Thou shouldst devote thy attention to the
      distribution of the Vedas, O foremost of all persons endued with
      intelligence. Do thou, therefore, O ascetic, accomplish what I
      command thee.In obedience to this command of the Supreme Lord from
      whose Speech the Rishi Apantaratamas sprang into existence, the
      latter, in the Manvantara K.M Ganguli wrongly translated this as "in the Kalpa" instead of "in the Manvantara" named after the Self-born Manu(swayambhu Manu), distributed and
      arranged the Vedas. For that act of the Rishi, the illustrious Hari
      became gratified with him, as also for his well-performed penances,
      his vow and observances, and his restraint of the senses or passions.
      Addressing him,



      Narayana said, At each Manwantara, O son, thou wilt
      act in this way with respect to the Vedas.
      Thou shalt, in consequence
      of this act of thine, be immutable, O regenerate one, and incapable of
      being transcended by any one. When the Kali age will set in, certain
      princes of Bharata's line, to be called by the name of Kauravas, will
      take their birth from thee. They will be celebrated over the Earth as
      high-souled princes ruling over powerful kingdoms. Born of thee,
      dissensions will break out among them ending in their destruction at
      one another's hands excepting yourself. O foremost of regenerate
      persons, in that age also, endued with austere penances, thou wilt
      distribute the Vedas into diverse classes.
      Indeed, in that dark age,
      thy complexion will become dark.



      Thou shalt cause diverse kinds of
      duties to flow and diverse kinds of knowledge also. Although endued
      with austere penances, yet thou shalt never be able to free thyself
      from desire and attachment to the world. Thy son, however, will be
      freed from every attachment like unto the Supreme Soul, through the
      grace of Madhava. It will not be otherwise. He whom learned Brahmanas
      call the mind-born son of the Grandsire, viz., Vasishtha endued with
      great intelligence and like unto an ocean of penances, and whose
      splendour transcends that of the Sun himself, will be the progenitor
      of a race in which a great Rishi of the name of Parasara, possessed of
      mighty energy and prowess, will take his birth. That foremost of
      persons, that ocean of Vedas, that abode of penances, will become thy
      sire (when thou wilt take birth in the Kali age). Thou shalt take thy
      birth as the son of a maiden residing in the house of her sire,
      through an act of congress with the great Rishi Parasara.
      Doubts thou wilt have none with respect to the imports of things past,
      present, and future. Endued with penances and instructed by me, thou
      wilt behold the incidents of thousands and thousands of ages long past
      away. Thou wilt see through thousands and thousands of ages also in
      the future. Thou shalt, in that birth, behold me, O ascetic,--me that
      am without birth and death,--incarnated on Earth (as Krishna of Yadu's
      race), armed with the discus. All this will happen to thee, O ascetic,
      through the merit that will be thine in consequence of thy ceaseless
      devotion to me. These words of mine will never be otherwise.



      Thou
      shalt be one of the foremost of creatures. Great shall be thy fame.
      Surya's son Sani (Saturn) will, in a future Kalpa, take birth as the
      great Manu of that period.
      During that Manwantara, O son, thou shalt,
      in respect of merits, be superior to even the Manus of the several
      periods. Without doubt, thou shalt be so through my grace. Whatever
      exists in the world represents the result of my exertion. The thoughts
      of others may not correspond with their acts. As regards myself,
      however, I always ordain what I think, without the least impediment!
      Having said these words unto the Rishi Apantaratamas, otherwise called
      by the name of Saraswat, the Supreme Lord dismissed him, saying unto
      him. Go. I am he that was born as Apantaratamas through the command
      of Hari. Once more have I taken birth as the celebrated
      Krishna-Dwaipayana, a delighter of the race of Vasishtha.
      I have thus
      told you, my dear disciples, the circumstances, of my own former birth
      which was due to the grace of Narayana in so much that I was a very
      portion of Narayana himself.




      Summary




      • The creator of the universe uttered the syllable of speech
        (Saraswati). From that syllable arosed a Rishi named Saraswat, who
        was called by the name Apantara-tamas.

      • He in the Swayambhu manvantara distributed the Vedas. Because of
        this, Lord Narayana became very happy and said to him that
        Saraswat will be born in the Kali Yuga when Kauravas take birth.
        Narayana also said in that birth his complexion will be
        dark(krishna Dwaipayana).

      • Narayana said he will be born in the lineage of Vasishtha to
        Parashara, (We all know that Vyasa was the son of Parashara) in
        the Manvantara when sun god vivasvan's son Shani (i.e.,
        vaivaswata) will be the Manu.


      Conclusion



      The current Kalpa is called Sveta Varaha Kalpa because Varaha Avatar of Vishnu happened in the beginning of this Kalpa. Similarly, in the beginning of this Kalpa, a Rishi named Saratwata was born which was the previous birth of Vyasa of 28th Dwaparayuga of Vaisvasvata Manvantara, because of
      which this kalpa is called Saraswata Kalpa.






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        Saraswata Kalpa is as same as Sveta Varaha Kalpa only.



        In the Mahabharata 12:350(Shanti Parva), previous birth of Vyasa is narrated. After Brahma was created from the navel of Narayana, the goddess of intelligence (Buddhi) upon the orders of Narayana entered into Brahma, then Brahma finished the creation. Thereafter Vishnu decided to incarnate in the earth whenever Adharma arises.




        After this, the original Creator of the universe once more uttered the
        syllable, Bho, causing the atmosphere to resound with it. From this
        syllable of speech (Saraswati) arose a Rishi of the name Saraswat. The
        son, thus born of the Speech of Narayana, came to be, also called by
        the name of Apantara-tamas.
        Endued with great puissance, he was fully
        conversant with the past, the present, and the future. Firm in the
        observance of vows, he was truthful in speech. Unto that Rishi who, after
        birth, had bowed his head unto Narayana, the latter, who was the
        original Creator of all the deities and possessed of a nature that was
        immutable, said those words: Thou shouldst devote thy attention to the
        distribution of the Vedas, O foremost of all persons endued with
        intelligence. Do thou, therefore, O ascetic, accomplish what I
        command thee.In obedience to this command of the Supreme Lord from
        whose Speech the Rishi Apantaratamas sprang into existence, the
        latter, in the Manvantara K.M Ganguli wrongly translated this as "in the Kalpa" instead of "in the Manvantara" named after the Self-born Manu(swayambhu Manu), distributed and
        arranged the Vedas. For that act of the Rishi, the illustrious Hari
        became gratified with him, as also for his well-performed penances,
        his vow and observances, and his restraint of the senses or passions.
        Addressing him,



        Narayana said, At each Manwantara, O son, thou wilt
        act in this way with respect to the Vedas.
        Thou shalt, in consequence
        of this act of thine, be immutable, O regenerate one, and incapable of
        being transcended by any one. When the Kali age will set in, certain
        princes of Bharata's line, to be called by the name of Kauravas, will
        take their birth from thee. They will be celebrated over the Earth as
        high-souled princes ruling over powerful kingdoms. Born of thee,
        dissensions will break out among them ending in their destruction at
        one another's hands excepting yourself. O foremost of regenerate
        persons, in that age also, endued with austere penances, thou wilt
        distribute the Vedas into diverse classes.
        Indeed, in that dark age,
        thy complexion will become dark.



        Thou shalt cause diverse kinds of
        duties to flow and diverse kinds of knowledge also. Although endued
        with austere penances, yet thou shalt never be able to free thyself
        from desire and attachment to the world. Thy son, however, will be
        freed from every attachment like unto the Supreme Soul, through the
        grace of Madhava. It will not be otherwise. He whom learned Brahmanas
        call the mind-born son of the Grandsire, viz., Vasishtha endued with
        great intelligence and like unto an ocean of penances, and whose
        splendour transcends that of the Sun himself, will be the progenitor
        of a race in which a great Rishi of the name of Parasara, possessed of
        mighty energy and prowess, will take his birth. That foremost of
        persons, that ocean of Vedas, that abode of penances, will become thy
        sire (when thou wilt take birth in the Kali age). Thou shalt take thy
        birth as the son of a maiden residing in the house of her sire,
        through an act of congress with the great Rishi Parasara.
        Doubts thou wilt have none with respect to the imports of things past,
        present, and future. Endued with penances and instructed by me, thou
        wilt behold the incidents of thousands and thousands of ages long past
        away. Thou wilt see through thousands and thousands of ages also in
        the future. Thou shalt, in that birth, behold me, O ascetic,--me that
        am without birth and death,--incarnated on Earth (as Krishna of Yadu's
        race), armed with the discus. All this will happen to thee, O ascetic,
        through the merit that will be thine in consequence of thy ceaseless
        devotion to me. These words of mine will never be otherwise.



        Thou
        shalt be one of the foremost of creatures. Great shall be thy fame.
        Surya's son Sani (Saturn) will, in a future Kalpa, take birth as the
        great Manu of that period.
        During that Manwantara, O son, thou shalt,
        in respect of merits, be superior to even the Manus of the several
        periods. Without doubt, thou shalt be so through my grace. Whatever
        exists in the world represents the result of my exertion. The thoughts
        of others may not correspond with their acts. As regards myself,
        however, I always ordain what I think, without the least impediment!
        Having said these words unto the Rishi Apantaratamas, otherwise called
        by the name of Saraswat, the Supreme Lord dismissed him, saying unto
        him. Go. I am he that was born as Apantaratamas through the command
        of Hari. Once more have I taken birth as the celebrated
        Krishna-Dwaipayana, a delighter of the race of Vasishtha.
        I have thus
        told you, my dear disciples, the circumstances, of my own former birth
        which was due to the grace of Narayana in so much that I was a very
        portion of Narayana himself.




        Summary




        • The creator of the universe uttered the syllable of speech
          (Saraswati). From that syllable arosed a Rishi named Saraswat, who
          was called by the name Apantara-tamas.

        • He in the Swayambhu manvantara distributed the Vedas. Because of
          this, Lord Narayana became very happy and said to him that
          Saraswat will be born in the Kali Yuga when Kauravas take birth.
          Narayana also said in that birth his complexion will be
          dark(krishna Dwaipayana).

        • Narayana said he will be born in the lineage of Vasishtha to
          Parashara, (We all know that Vyasa was the son of Parashara) in
          the Manvantara when sun god vivasvan's son Shani (i.e.,
          vaivaswata) will be the Manu.


        Conclusion



        The current Kalpa is called Sveta Varaha Kalpa because Varaha Avatar of Vishnu happened in the beginning of this Kalpa. Similarly, in the beginning of this Kalpa, a Rishi named Saratwata was born which was the previous birth of Vyasa of 28th Dwaparayuga of Vaisvasvata Manvantara, because of
        which this kalpa is called Saraswata Kalpa.






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        Saraswata Kalpa is as same as Sveta Varaha Kalpa only.



        In the Mahabharata 12:350(Shanti Parva), previous birth of Vyasa is narrated. After Brahma was created from the navel of Narayana, the goddess of intelligence (Buddhi) upon the orders of Narayana entered into Brahma, then Brahma finished the creation. Thereafter Vishnu decided to incarnate in the earth whenever Adharma arises.




        After this, the original Creator of the universe once more uttered the
        syllable, Bho, causing the atmosphere to resound with it. From this
        syllable of speech (Saraswati) arose a Rishi of the name Saraswat. The
        son, thus born of the Speech of Narayana, came to be, also called by
        the name of Apantara-tamas.
        Endued with great puissance, he was fully
        conversant with the past, the present, and the future. Firm in the
        observance of vows, he was truthful in speech. Unto that Rishi who, after
        birth, had bowed his head unto Narayana, the latter, who was the
        original Creator of all the deities and possessed of a nature that was
        immutable, said those words: Thou shouldst devote thy attention to the
        distribution of the Vedas, O foremost of all persons endued with
        intelligence. Do thou, therefore, O ascetic, accomplish what I
        command thee.In obedience to this command of the Supreme Lord from
        whose Speech the Rishi Apantaratamas sprang into existence, the
        latter, in the Manvantara K.M Ganguli wrongly translated this as "in the Kalpa" instead of "in the Manvantara" named after the Self-born Manu(swayambhu Manu), distributed and
        arranged the Vedas. For that act of the Rishi, the illustrious Hari
        became gratified with him, as also for his well-performed penances,
        his vow and observances, and his restraint of the senses or passions.
        Addressing him,



        Narayana said, At each Manwantara, O son, thou wilt
        act in this way with respect to the Vedas.
        Thou shalt, in consequence
        of this act of thine, be immutable, O regenerate one, and incapable of
        being transcended by any one. When the Kali age will set in, certain
        princes of Bharata's line, to be called by the name of Kauravas, will
        take their birth from thee. They will be celebrated over the Earth as
        high-souled princes ruling over powerful kingdoms. Born of thee,
        dissensions will break out among them ending in their destruction at
        one another's hands excepting yourself. O foremost of regenerate
        persons, in that age also, endued with austere penances, thou wilt
        distribute the Vedas into diverse classes.
        Indeed, in that dark age,
        thy complexion will become dark.



        Thou shalt cause diverse kinds of
        duties to flow and diverse kinds of knowledge also. Although endued
        with austere penances, yet thou shalt never be able to free thyself
        from desire and attachment to the world. Thy son, however, will be
        freed from every attachment like unto the Supreme Soul, through the
        grace of Madhava. It will not be otherwise. He whom learned Brahmanas
        call the mind-born son of the Grandsire, viz., Vasishtha endued with
        great intelligence and like unto an ocean of penances, and whose
        splendour transcends that of the Sun himself, will be the progenitor
        of a race in which a great Rishi of the name of Parasara, possessed of
        mighty energy and prowess, will take his birth. That foremost of
        persons, that ocean of Vedas, that abode of penances, will become thy
        sire (when thou wilt take birth in the Kali age). Thou shalt take thy
        birth as the son of a maiden residing in the house of her sire,
        through an act of congress with the great Rishi Parasara.
        Doubts thou wilt have none with respect to the imports of things past,
        present, and future. Endued with penances and instructed by me, thou
        wilt behold the incidents of thousands and thousands of ages long past
        away. Thou wilt see through thousands and thousands of ages also in
        the future. Thou shalt, in that birth, behold me, O ascetic,--me that
        am without birth and death,--incarnated on Earth (as Krishna of Yadu's
        race), armed with the discus. All this will happen to thee, O ascetic,
        through the merit that will be thine in consequence of thy ceaseless
        devotion to me. These words of mine will never be otherwise.



        Thou
        shalt be one of the foremost of creatures. Great shall be thy fame.
        Surya's son Sani (Saturn) will, in a future Kalpa, take birth as the
        great Manu of that period.
        During that Manwantara, O son, thou shalt,
        in respect of merits, be superior to even the Manus of the several
        periods. Without doubt, thou shalt be so through my grace. Whatever
        exists in the world represents the result of my exertion. The thoughts
        of others may not correspond with their acts. As regards myself,
        however, I always ordain what I think, without the least impediment!
        Having said these words unto the Rishi Apantaratamas, otherwise called
        by the name of Saraswat, the Supreme Lord dismissed him, saying unto
        him. Go. I am he that was born as Apantaratamas through the command
        of Hari. Once more have I taken birth as the celebrated
        Krishna-Dwaipayana, a delighter of the race of Vasishtha.
        I have thus
        told you, my dear disciples, the circumstances, of my own former birth
        which was due to the grace of Narayana in so much that I was a very
        portion of Narayana himself.




        Summary




        • The creator of the universe uttered the syllable of speech
          (Saraswati). From that syllable arosed a Rishi named Saraswat, who
          was called by the name Apantara-tamas.

        • He in the Swayambhu manvantara distributed the Vedas. Because of
          this, Lord Narayana became very happy and said to him that
          Saraswat will be born in the Kali Yuga when Kauravas take birth.
          Narayana also said in that birth his complexion will be
          dark(krishna Dwaipayana).

        • Narayana said he will be born in the lineage of Vasishtha to
          Parashara, (We all know that Vyasa was the son of Parashara) in
          the Manvantara when sun god vivasvan's son Shani (i.e.,
          vaivaswata) will be the Manu.


        Conclusion



        The current Kalpa is called Sveta Varaha Kalpa because Varaha Avatar of Vishnu happened in the beginning of this Kalpa. Similarly, in the beginning of this Kalpa, a Rishi named Saratwata was born which was the previous birth of Vyasa of 28th Dwaparayuga of Vaisvasvata Manvantara, because of
        which this kalpa is called Saraswata Kalpa.







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