Verse 26.9

Sanskrit text in Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 26.9:

अत्र पुरुष-भेदानां ब्रह्मादिनां चाविर्भाव-समयो ब्रह्म-कल्प-
प्रवृत्तेः पूर्वम् एव. चतुःसन-नारद-वराह-मत्स्य-यज्ञ-नर-नारायण-
कपिल-दत्त-हयश्/ इर्ष-हंस-पृश्निगर्भ-र्षभदेव-पृथूनां स्वयम्भुवे;
वराह-मत्स्ययोः पुनश् चाक्षुषीये च; नृसिंह-कूर्म-धन्वान्तरि-मोहिनीनां 
चाक्षुषे; कूर्मः कल्पादाव् अपि; धन्वन्तरिर् वैवस्वते ऽपि; वामन-भार्गव-
राघवेन्द्र-द्वैपायन-राम-कृष्ण-बुद्ध-कल्कीनां वैवस्वते; मन्वन्तर-
युगावताराणां तदा तदैव ज्ञेयः.

atra puruṣa-bhedānāṃ brahmādināṃ cāvirbhāva-samayo brahma-kalpa-
pravṛtteḥ pūrvam eva. catuḥsana-nārada-varāha-matsya-yajña-nara-nārāyaṇa-
kapila-datta-hayaś/ irṣa-haṃsa-pṛśnigarbha-rṣabhadeva-pṛthūnāṃ svayambhuve;  
varāha-matsyayoḥ punaś cākṣuṣīye ca;  nṛsiṃha-kūrma-dhanvāntari-mohinīnāṃ 
cākṣuṣe;  kūrmaḥ kalpādāv api;  dhanvantarir vaivasvate 'pi;  vāmana-bhārgava-
rāghavendra-dvaipāyana-rāma-kṛṣṇa-buddha-kalkīnāṃ vaivasvate;  manvantara-
yugāvatārāṇāṃ tadā tadaiva jñeyaḥ.

[Word-by-word analysis:]

atra—in this connection; puruṣa-bhedānām-of the puruṣa—incarnations; brahma—of Brahmā; ādīnām—and others; ca—and; āvirbhāv—of appearance; samayaḥ—time; brāhma-kalpa—of the Brahma kalpa; pravṛtteḥ—the beginning; pūrvam—before; eva—certainly; catuḥsana—the Four Kumāras; nārada—Nārada; varāha—Varāha; matsya—Matsya; yajña—Yajña; nara-nārāyaṇa—Nara Nārāya/ba Ṛṣis; kapila—Kapila; datta—Dattātreya; hayaśīrṣa—Hayagrīva; haṃsa—Haṃsa; pṛśnigarbha—Pṛśnigarbha; ṛṣabhadeva—Ṛṣabhadeva; pṛthūnām—Pṛthu; svāyambhuva—in the reign of Svāyambhuva Manu; varāha-matsayoḥ—of Varāha and Matsya; punaḥ—again; cākṣuṣīye—in the reign of Cākṣuṣa Manu; ca—also; nṛsiṃha—Nṛsiṃha; kūrma—Kūrma; dhanvantari—Dhanvantari; mohinīnām—and Mohinī devī; cākṣuṣe—in the reign of Cākṣuṣa Manu; kūrmaḥ—Kurma; kalpa—of the kalpa; ādau—in the beginning; api—also; dhanvantariḥ—Dhanvantari; vaivasvate—in the reign of Vaivasvata Manu; api—also; vāmana—Vāmana; bhārgava—Paraśurāma; rāghava-indra—Lord Rāmacandra; dvaipāyana—Vyāsadeva; rāma—Balarāma; kṛṣṇa—Kṛṣṇa; buddha—Buddha; kalkinām—and Kalki; vaivasvate—in the reign of Vaivasvata Manu; manvantara-yuga-avatārāṇām—of the manvantara and yugāvatāras; tadā tadā—at these time periods; eva—certainly; jñeyaḥ—may be known.

English translation and comments:

The puruṣa-avatāras appear before the birth of Brahmā and the other living entities. The Four Kumāras, Nārada, Varāha, Matsya, Yajña, Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣis, Kapila, Dattātreya, Hayagrīva, Haṃsa, Pṛśnigarbha, Ṛṣabhadeva, and Pṛthu appear during the reign of Svāyambhuva Manu. Varāha and Matsya appear in both the Svāyambhuva and Cākṣuṣa periods. Nṛsiṃha, Kūrma, and Mohinī-devī appear in the reign of Cākṣuṣa Manu. Kūrma appears in the beginning of the kalpa, and Dhanvantari appears in both the Cākṣuṣa and Vaivasvata milleniums. Vāmana, Paraśurāma, Rāmacandra, Vyāsadeva, Balarāma, Kṛṣṇa, Buddha and Kalki appear in the reign of Vaivasvata Manu. This is the schedule of the Manvantara-avatāras and yuga-avatāras.