Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
प्रियव्रतो त्तानपादौ प्रथमौ तौ मोहीक्षितौ / ततः प्रभृति राजान उत्पन्ना दण्डधारिणः
priyavrato ttānapādau prathamau tau mohīkṣitau / tataḥ prabhṛti rājāna utpannā daṇḍadhāriṇaḥ
Priyavrata and Uttanapada were regarded as the first two kings; from that time onward arose rulers who bore the daṇḍa, the rod of dharma.