महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा ।मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः ॥
maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavas tathā | madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ ||
- महर्षयः सप्त · maharṣayaḥ sapta
- the seven great seers
- पूर्वे · pūrve
- the ancient ones
- चत्वारः मनवः · catvāraḥ manavaḥ
- the four Manus
- तथा · tathā
- likewise
- मद्भावाः · madbhāvāḥ
- whose being is from me, of my nature
- मानसाः जाताः · mānasāḥ jātāḥ
- born from mind
- येषाम् · yeṣām
- from whom
- लोके · loke
- in the world
- इमाः प्रजाः · imāḥ prajāḥ
- these creatures
“The seven great seers of old, and the four Manus, were born from my mind, of my being — from them come these creatures in the world.”
— Original plain-language translation
Cosmic ancestry is traced through mind-born sages to all peoples. Lineage theology makes every family a branch of Krishna's thought. The verse links creation-myth to devotion's object.
— Reader's notes (original)