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Bhagavad Gita 10.6

महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा। मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः।।

maharṣhayaḥ sapta pūrve chatvāro manavas tathā mad-bhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣhāṁ loka imāḥ prajāḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
mahā-ṛiṣhayaḥmahā-ṛiṣhayaḥthe great Sages
saptasaptaseven
pūrvepūrvebefore
chatvāraḥchatvāraḥfour
manavaḥmanavaḥManus
tathātathāalso
mat bhāvāḥmat bhāvāḥare born from me
mānasāḥmānasāḥmind
jātāḥjātāḥborn
yeṣhāmyeṣhāmfrom them
lokelokein the world
imāḥimāḥall these
prajāḥprajāḥpeople

The seven great sages, the ancient four, and the Manus, possessing powers like Mine (due to their minds being fixed on Me), were born from My mind; from them, these creatures have been born in this world.

सात महर्षिजन, पूर्वकाल के चार (सनकादि) तथा (चौदह) मनु ये मेरे प्रभाव वाले मेरे संकल्प से उत्पन्न हुए हैं, जिनकी संसार (लोक) में यह प्रजा है।।