Shloka 25
कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः
Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account
सप्तर्षीणां तु यौ पूर्वौ दृश्येते उदितौ दिवि तयोस् तु मध्ये नक्षत्रं दृश्यते यत् समं निशि तेन सप्तर्षयो युक्तास् तिष्ठन्त्य् अब्दशतं नृणाम्
saptarṣīṇāṃ tu yau pūrvau dṛśyete uditau divi tayos tu madhye nakṣatraṃ dṛśyate yat samaṃ niśi tena saptarṣayo yuktās tiṣṭhanty abdaśataṃ nṛṇām
Of the Seven Sages, the two stars seen foremost as they rise in the sky—between them a star is beheld, evenly poised in the night. By that star the Seven Sages are reckoned as “joined” (aligned), and thus they remain in that station for a hundred years of men.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Kalā-nirṇaya by Saptarṣi-sthiti and its relation to historical time-reckoning
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas
Concept: Cosmic time is made knowable through stable celestial markers, such as the Saptarṣis’ fixed residence measured by a reference star.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Use disciplined observation and reliable markers (in study, sādhanā, and life) to avoid confusion amid changing conditions.
Vishishtadvaita: Order (niyati) in the cosmos is upheld under the Lord’s governance, making time and law intelligible within His world-body.
FAQs
This verse links the Seven Sages to a measurable celestial alignment, stating they remain in a given station for a hundred human years—turning astronomy into a framework for sacred chronology.
He describes a visible reference point: a star seen between the two foremost rising stars of the Saptarishi, by which their “station” is determined and its duration (100 years) is known.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purāṇic cosmology assumes a divinely upheld order—regular celestial motions become signs of the Supreme’s governance of time and stability in creation.