Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada
समतीतास्तु ये तेषामष्टौ षट् च तथापरे / पूर्वेषु सांप्रतश्चायं शास्ति वैवस्वतः प्रभुः
samatītāstu ye teṣāmaṣṭau ṣaṭ ca tathāpare / pūrveṣu sāṃprataścāyaṃ śāsti vaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ
Of them, those that have passed are eight, and likewise six others. In the former Manvantaras and in the present as well, the Lord Vaivasvata rules.