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महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा ।
मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः ॥ १०-६॥


maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā
madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ 10-6


The seven great RISHIS, the ancient four and also the MANUS, possessed of powers like Me, were born of (My) mind; from them are these creatures in the world (originated and sustained) .


maharṣayaḥ = the great sages; sapta = seven; pūrve = before; catvāraḥ = four; manavaḥ = Manus; tathā = also; madbhāvāḥ = born of Me; mānasāḥ = from the mind; jātāḥ = born; yeṣāṃ = of them; loke = in the world; imāḥ = all this; prajāḥ = population.;

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