सर्वत्रास्खलितादेश: सप्तद्वीपैकदण्डधृक् । अन्यत्र ब्राह्मणकुलादन्यत्राच्युतगोत्रत: ॥ १२ ॥
sarvatraskhalitadesah sapta-dvipaika-danda-dhrk anyatra brahmana-kulad anyatracyuta-gotratah
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- askhalita
- irrevocable
- adesah
- order
- sapta-dvipa
- seven islands
- eka
- one
- danda-dhrk
- the ruler who holds the scepter
- anyatra
- except
- brahmana-kulat
- brahmanas and saintly persons
- anyatra
- except
- acyuta-gotratah
- descendants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Vaisnavas).
Maharaja Prthu was an unrivaled king and possessed the scepter for ruling all the seven islands on the surface of the globe. No one could disobey his irrevocable orders but the saintly persons, the brahmanas and the descendants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (the Vaisnavas).