BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:6

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:6

 

maharsayah sapta purve

catvaro manavas tatha

mad-bhava manasajata

yesam loka imah prajah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

maha-rsayah--the great sages; sapta--seven; purve--before;

catvarah--four; manavah--Manus; tatha--also; mat-bhavah--born of Me;

manasah--from the mind; jatah--born; yesam--of them; loke--in the

world; imah--all this; prajah--population.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The seven great sages and before them the four other great sages and

the Manus [progenitors of mankind] come from Me, born from My mind,

and all the living beings populating the various planets descend from

them.

 

PURPORT

 

The Lord is giving a genealogical synopsis of the universal

population. Brahma is the original creature born out of the energy of

the Supreme Lord, who is known as Hiranyagarbha. And from Brahma all

the seven great sages, and before them four other great sages, named

Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatana and Sanat-kumara, and the Manus, are

manifested. All these twenty-five great sages are known as the

patriarchs of the living entities all over the universe. There are

innumerable universes and innumerable planets within each universe,

and each planet is full of population of different varieties. All of

them are born of these twenty-five patriarchs. Brahma underwent

penance for one thousand years of the demigods before he realized by

the grace of Krsna how to create. Then from Brahma came Sanaka,

Sananda, Sanatana and Sanat-kumara, then Rudra, and then the seven

sages, and in this way all the brahmanas and ksatriyas are born out of

the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Brahma is known as

Pitamaha, the grandfather, and Krsna is known as Prapitamaha, the

father of the grandfather. That is stated in the Eleventh Chapter of

the Bhagavad-gita

(11.39).

 

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