Yugas and classes of people: lineage of sages - Verse 9

स्वेनाङ्गुलिप्रमाणेन अष्टतालः स्मृतो नरः। आपादतलमस्तिष्को नवतालो भवेत्तु यः।।

svenāṅgulipramāṇena aṣṭatālaḥ smṛto naraḥ| āpādatalamastiṣko navatālo bhavettu yaḥ||