Shloka 57
कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः
Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account
इत्य् एष कथितः सम्यङ् मनोर् वंशो मया तव यत्र स्थितिप्रवृत्तस्य विष्णोर् अंशांशका नृपाः
ity eṣa kathitaḥ samyaṅ manor vaṃśo mayā tava yatra sthitipravṛttasya viṣṇor aṃśāṃśakā nṛpāḥ
Так я верно поведал тебе род Ману — царскую преемственность, где цари суть лишь доли долей Вишну, Владыки, что поддерживает устойчивость мира и приводит в движение его порядок.
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
It functions as a sacred genealogy that frames political history as dharmic order, presenting royal succession as part of the cosmic governance upheld by Vishnu.
Parāśara states that the kings in this lineage are aṁśāṁśa—partial manifestations—of Vishnu, implying that legitimate sovereignty reflects divine preservation and ordered activity in the world.
Vishnu is affirmed as the supreme sustaining reality behind worldly stability and rightful rule, with kings depicted as derivative expressions of his preserving power.