Shloka 44
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
“अपान्तरतमाने स्वायम्भुव मन्वन्तरमें भगवान्की आज्ञाके अनुसार वेदोंका विभाग किया। उनके इस कर्मसे तथा उनके द्वारा की हुई उत्तम तपस्या, यम और नियमसे भी भगवान् श्रीहरि बहुत संतुष्ट हुए और बोले--“बेटा! तुम सभी मन्वन्तरोंमें इसी प्रकार धर्मके प्रवर्तक होओगे” ।।
bhaviṣyasy acalo brāhmaṇ na pradhṛṣyaś ca nityaśaḥ | punas tiṣye ca samprāpte kuravo nāma bhāratāḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：在自生摩奴的摩奴劫中，阿般陀罗多摩斯奉主之命，将诸吠陀分为诸部。主圣师利·哈利因其此番奉事，又因其卓绝苦行并具自制之戒（yama）与行持之规（niyama），大为欢喜，遂言：“吾子啊，在每一摩奴劫中，你也将如此成为弘扬达摩者。”并且，他于未来恒常坚定，不为所动；当提斯亚时代（Tisya）再度来临时，婆罗多族将以“俱卢族（Kurava）”之名为世所知。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is sustained through disciplined practice (tapas, yama, niyama) and selfless service to sacred knowledge; when such effort aligns with divine purpose, it becomes a recurring vocation across cosmic cycles—one is empowered to be a continual ‘promoter of dharma.’
Vaiśampāyana recounts how Apāntaratamas, under the Lord’s instruction, organized the Vedas; the Lord, pleased with his austerity and restraint, grants him a boon that he will repeatedly serve as a dharma-propagator in successive Manvantaras, and notes a future time (Tiṣya) when the Bhāratas will be known as the Kurus.