व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
विस्तरस्तु निसर्गस्य संहारस्य च सर्वशः / मन्वन्तरस्य संख्या तु मानुषेण निबोधत
vistarastu nisargasya saṃhārasya ca sarvaśaḥ / manvantarasya saṃkhyā tu mānuṣeṇa nibodhata
Know, by human reckoning, the full expanse of creation and dissolution, and the number of the Manvantaras.