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 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.;