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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.20

చక్రం చ దిక్ష్వవిహతం దశసు స్వతేజో మన్వన్తరేషు మనువంశధరో బిభర్తి । దుష్టేషు రాజసు దమం వ్యదధాత్ స్వకీర్తిం సత్యే త్రిపృష్ఠ ఉశతీం ప్రథయంశ్చరిత్రై: ॥ ౨౦ ॥
cakraṁ ca dikṣv avihataṁ daśasu sva-tejo
[chakram cha dikshv avihatam dashasu sva-tejo]
manvantareṣu manu-vaṁśa-dharo bibharti
[manvantareshu manu-vamsha-dharo bibharti]
duṣṭeṣu rājasu damaṁ vyadadhāt sva-kīrtiṁ
[dushteshu raajasu damam vyadadhaat sva-keertim]
satye tri-pṛṣṭha uśatīṁ prathayaṁś caritraiḥ
[satye tri-prishtha ushateem prathayamsh charitraih]
Word-for-word
cakram — the Sudarśana wheel of the Lord ca — as well as dikṣu — in all directions avihatam — without being deterred daśasu — ten sides sva-tejaḥ — personal strength manvantareṣu — in different incarnations of Manu manu-vaṁśa-dharaḥ — as the descendant of the Manu dynasty bibharti — rules over duṣṭeṣu — unto the miscreants rājasu — upon the kings of that type damam — subjection vyadadhāt — performed sva-kīrtim — personal glories satye — in the Satyaloka planet tri-pṛṣṭhe — the three planetary systems uśatīm — glorious prathayan — established caritraiḥ — characteristics.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
cakraṁ ca dikṣv avihataṁ daśasu sva-tejo
cakram
the Sudarśana wheel of the Lord
ca
as well as
dikṣu
in all directions
avihatam
without being deterred
daśasu
ten sides
sva-tejaḥ
personal strength
manvantareṣu manu-vaṁśa-dharo bibharti
manvantareṣu
in different incarnations of Manu
manu-vaṁśa-dharaḥ
as the descendant of the Manu dynasty
bibharti
rules over
duṣṭeṣu rājasu damaṁ vyadadhāt sva-kīrtiṁ
duṣṭeṣu
unto the miscreants
rājasu
upon the kings of that type
damam
subjection
vyadadhāt
performed
sva-kīrtim
personal glories
satye tri-pṛṣṭha uśatīṁ prathayaṁś caritraiḥ
satye
in the Satyaloka planet
tri-pṛṣṭhe
the three planetary systems
uśatīm
glorious
prathayan
established
caritraiḥ
characteristics.
As the incarnation of Manu, the Lord became the descendant of the Manu dynasty and ruled over the miscreant kingly order, subduing them by His powerful wheel weapon. Undeterred in all circumstances, His rule was characterized by His glorious fame, which spread over the three lokas, and above them to the planetary system of Satyaloka, the topmost in the universe.
Purport

We have already discussed the incarnations of Manu in the First Canto. In one day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus, changing one after another. In that way there are 420 Manus in a month of Brahmā and 5,040 Manus in one year of Brahmā. Brahmā lives for one hundred years according to his calculation, and as such, there are 504,000 Manus in the jurisdiction of one Brahmā. There are innumerable Brahmās, and all of them live only during one breathing period of Mahā-Viṣṇu. So we can just imagine how the incarnations of the Supreme Lord work all over the material worlds, which comprehend only one fourth of the total energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The manvantara incarnation chastises all the miscreant rulers of different planets with as much power as that of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who punishes the miscreants with His wheel weapon. The manvantara incarnations disseminate the transcendental glories of the Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
During the manvantara, the Lord, as the protector of the dynasty of Manu, assumed great power like the Sudarśana-cakra, which is unimpeded in ten directions. He punished the evil kings and spread his attractive glories up to Satya-loka by his qualities.
Commentary

This verse describes the manvantara-avatāra. [Note: Foureen manvantara avatāras appear in one day of Brahmā. ] The Lord, as the protector of Manu’s family, assumed great power like the Sudarśana-cakra which is unimpeded in the ten directions, He punished the evil kings. He spread his attractive glories even up to Satya-loka which is above the three worlds.

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