maha-rṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavas tathā
mad-bhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ
maha-rṣayaḥ | – | maha-rṣi 1n.3 m. – great sages (from: √mah – to magnify, mahant – great; √ṛṣ – to flow, to move quickly, or √dṛś – to see; ṛṣi – sage, seer); |
sapta | – | sapta 1n.3 m. – seven (the seven sages according to BhP 8.13.5: Kaśyapa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Bharadvāja); |
pūrve | – | pūrva sn. 1n.3 m. – the previous ones, the ancient; |
catvāraḥ | – | catur 1n.3 m. – four (the four sages according to BhP 3.12.4: Sanaka, Sananda, Sanātana, Sanat-kumāra); |
manavaḥ | – | manu 1n.3 m. – the Manus (from: √man – to think); |
tathā | – | av. – in that manner, so, in like manner; |
mad-bhāvāḥ | – | mad-bhāva 1n.3 m.; BV: yasmin mama bhāvaḥ santi te – those who are of my nature (from: mat – the basic form of a personal ponoun „I” singular used in compounds; √bhū – to be, bhāva – state, existence, nature, emotions); |
mānasāḥ | – | mānasa 1n.3 m. – pertaining to the mind (from: √man – to think, manas – the mind); |
jātāḥ | – | jāta (√jan – to be born) PP 1n.3 m. – they are born; |
yeṣām | – | yat sn. 6n.3 m. – whose; |
loke | – | loka 7n.1 m. – in the world; |
imāḥ | – | idam sn. 1n.3 f. – these; |
prajāḥ | – | prajā 1n.3 f. – offsprings, creatures, mankind (from: pra-√jan – to be born, be produced, to bring forth); |
maharṣayaḥ sapta bhṛgv-ādayaḥ pūrve’tīta-kāla-saṃbandhinaḥ, catvāro manavas tathā sāvarṇā iti prasiddhāḥ | te ca mad-bhāvā mad-gata-bhāvanā vaiṣṇavena sāmarthyena upetāḥ | mānasā manasaivotpāditā mayā jātā utpannāḥ | yeṣāṃ manūnāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ ca sṛṣṭir loka imāḥ sthāvara-jaṅgama-lakṣaṇāḥ prajāḥ
pūrve sapta maharṣayaḥ atītamanvantare ye bhṛgvādayas sapta maharṣayo nityasṛṣṭipravartanāya brahmaṇo manassaṃbhavāḥ, nityasthitipravartanāya ye ca sārvaṇikā nāma catvāro manavaḥ sthitāḥ, yeṣāṃ santānamaye loke jātā imāḥ sarvāḥ prajāḥ pratikṣaṇam āpralayād apatyānām utpādakāḥ pālakāś ca bhavanti te bhṛgvādayo manavaś ca madbhāvāḥ mama yo bhāvaḥ sa eva yeṣāṃ bhāvaḥ te madbhāvāḥ, manmate sthitāḥ, matsaṅkalpā1nuvartina ityarthaḥ
bhṛguṃ marīcim atriṃ ca pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum |
vasiṣṭhaṃ ca mahātejāḥ so ‚sṛjan manasā sutān |
sapta brahmaṇa ity ete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ || iti |[Mbh 12.201.4-5]
{lub marīcir atry-aṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | vasiṣṭhaś ca mahābhāgaḥ sadṛśā vai svayambhuvā || sapta brahmāṇa ity eṣa purāṇe niścayo gataḥ || [Mbh 12.201.4-5 (lub 12.335.28-29]}
tathā catvāro manavaḥ sāvarṇā iti prasiddhāḥ | athavā maharṣayaḥ sapta bhṛgv-ādyāḥ | tebhyo ‚pi pūrve prathamāś catvāraḥ sanakādyā maharṣayaḥ | manavas tathā svāyambhuvādayaś caturdaśa mayi parameśvare bhāvo bhāvanā yeṣāṃ te mad-bhāvā mac-cintana-parā mad-bhāvanāvaśād āvīribhūta-madīya-jñānaiśvarya-śaktaya ity arthaḥ | mānasā manasaḥ saṅkalpād evotpannā na tu yonijāḥ | ato viśuddha-janmatvena sarva-prāṇi-śreṣṭhā matta eva hiraṇyagarbhātmano jātāḥ sargādya-kāle prādurbhūtāḥ | yeṣāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ saptānāṃ bhṛgv-ādīnāṃ catūrṇāṃ ca sanakādīnāṃ manūnāṃ ca caturdaśānām asmin loke janmanā ca vidyayā ca santati-bhūtā imā brāhmaṇādyāḥ sarvāḥ prajāḥ