Shloka 35
कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः
Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश् च द्विजसत्तम युगे युगे महात्मानः समतीताः सहस्रशः
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś ca dvijasattama yuge yuge mahātmānaḥ samatītāḥ sahasraśaḥ
হে দ্বিজশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! ব্ৰাহ্মণ, ক্ষত্ৰিয়, বৈশ্য আৰু শূদ্ৰ—সকলৰ মাজতে যুগে যুগে সহস্ৰ সহস্ৰ মহাত্মা জন্মি অতীত হৈ গৈছে।
Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)
FAQs
It emphasizes that history is cyclical—across every yuga, innumerable exemplary beings arise and pass away, showing dharma’s recurring presence through time.
By stating that mahātmās have appeared in all four varnas across the ages, Parāśara frames virtue and holiness as qualities proven by conduct and realization, not restricted to birth-status alone.
Though not named in the verse, the Purāṇic frame implies that the orderly recurrence of ages and the emergence of dharmic exemplars occurs within Viṣṇu’s supreme cosmic governance.