Shloka 20
अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्
Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration
सप्तर्षीणामथोर्ध्व च विपृथुर्नाम पार्थिव: । राजान: क्षत्रियाश्वैव मण्डलेषु पृथक् पृथक्,सप्तर्षियोंके बाद विपृथु नामक राजा भूमण्डलका स्वामी हुआ तथा और भी बहुत-से क्षत्रिय भिन्न-भिन्न मण्डलोंके राजा हुए
saptarṣīṇām athordhvaṃ ca vipṛthur nāma pārthivaḥ | rājānaḥ kṣatriyāś caiva maṇḍaleṣu pṛthak pṛthak ||
Parāśara said: After the age of the Seven Ṛṣis, a king named Vipṛthu became lord of the earth; and many other Kṣatriya rulers too held sovereignty, each separately, over different regions.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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).