Shloka 20

अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्

Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration

Devanagari script

सप्तर्षीणामथोर्ध्व च विपृथुर्नाम पार्थिव: । राजान: क्षत्रियाश्वैव मण्डलेषु पृथक्‌ पृथक्‌

Transliteration

saptarṣīṇām athordhvaṃ ca vipṛthur nāma pārthivaḥ | rājānaḥ kṣatriyāś caiva maṇḍaleṣu pṛthak pṛthak ||

Translation

সপ্তৰ্ষিসকলৰ যুগৰ পাছত বিপৃথু নামৰ এজন ৰজা পৃথিৱীৰ অধিপতি হ’ল; আৰু আন বহু ক্ষত্ৰিয় ৰজাও ভিন্ন ভিন্ন মণ্ডলত পৃথক পৃথকভাৱে নিজ নিজ ৰাজত্ব স্থাপন কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• सप्तर्षीणाम्: of the seven sages
• सप्तर्षीणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अथ: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ऊर्ध्वम्: afterwards; subsequently
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊर्ध्व

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विपृथुः: Vipṛthu (proper name)
• विपृथुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपृथु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• पार्थिवः: king; ruler
• पार्थिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्षत्रियाः: Kshatriyas; warrior-rulers
• क्षत्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मण्डलेषु: in regions/circles (territorial divisions)
• मण्डलेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• पृथक्: separately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• पृथक्: each separately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• सप्तर्षि (Saptarṣi)
• विपृथु (Vipṛthu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate rule is portrayed as arising in orderly succession: after earlier sacred ages (marked by the Saptarṣis), sovereignty becomes organized among kings, with authority distributed across distinct regions—implying a dharmic structure to political power and territorial governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara is recounting a sequence of rulers: after the period associated with the Seven Ṛṣis, a king named Vipṛthu becomes a universal/earth-lord, and alongside him many other Kṣatriya kings rule separately over different territorial circles (maṇḍalas).