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Shloka 25

कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः

Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account

Devanagari script

सप्तर्षीणां तु यौ पूर्वौ दृश्येते उदितौ दिवि तयोस् तु मध्ये नक्षत्रं दृश्यते यत् समं निशि तेन सप्तर्षयो युक्तास् तिष्ठन्त्य् अब्दशतं नृणाम्

Transliteration

saptarṣīṇāṃ tu yau pūrvau dṛśyete uditau divi tayos tu madhye nakṣatraṃ dṛśyate yat samaṃ niśi tena saptarṣayo yuktās tiṣṭhanty abdaśataṃ nṛṇām

Translation

七聖仙のうち、天に昇るとき最も先に見える二つの星があり、その二星の間に、夜に均しく静まる一つの星が見える。その星を基準として七聖仙は「結合し整列する」と数えられ、ゆえにその宿位に人の百年のあいだ留まるのである。

Word by Word
सप्तर्षीणाम्of the Seven Sages
सप्तर्षीणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तर्षि (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त+ऋषि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सप्तानां ऋषीणाम्)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात/पदपूरण (particle; contrast/emphasis)
यौwhich two
यौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; सम्बन्धे सापेक्ष (relative pronoun)
पूर्वौformer/earlier
पूर्वौ:
Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘यौ’)
दृश्येतेare seen
दृश्येते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, द्विवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
उदितौrisen
उदितौ:
Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउदित (कृदन्त; √उद्/उद्+क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) विशेषण
दिविin the sky
दिवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तयोःof those two
तयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Genitive dual)
तुand/but
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
मध्येin the middle
मध्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (locative ‘in the middle’)
नक्षत्रम्a star
नक्षत्रम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
दृश्यतेis seen
दृश्यते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
यत्which
यत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे सापेक्ष (relative pronoun referring to ‘नक्षत्रम्’)
समम्even/level
समम्:
Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (equal/level)
निशिat night
निशि:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तेनby that/therefore
तेन:
Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतु/करणार्थ (by/therefore)
सप्तर्षयःthe Seven Sages
सप्तर्षयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तर्षि (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त+ऋषि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सप्त ऋषयः)
युक्ताःjoined/associated
युक्ताः:
Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज्+क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (connected/associated)
तिष्ठन्तिremain/stand
तिष्ठन्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
अब्दशतम्a hundred years
अब्दशतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअब्दशत (प्रातिपदिक; अब्द+शत)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (शतं अब्दानाम्) कालपरिमाण
नृणाम्of men
नृणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Kalā-nirṇaya by Saptarṣi-sthiti and its relation to historical time-reckoning

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

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.

Characters & Entities
S
Saptarishi (Seven Sages)
N
Nakshatra (star/asterism)

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.

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