Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 6

महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा । मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः

maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā | madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ

Translation

The seven Great Ṛṣis as well as the four ancient Manus, with their being in Me, were born of mind; and theirs are these creatures in the world.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

maharṣayaḥ

the great rishis

sapta

seven

pūrve

ancient

catvāraḥ

four

manavaḥ

manus

tathā

also

madbhāvāḥ

in me, being, whose, they

mānasāḥ

mental

jātāḥ

born

yeṣām

of whom

loke

in world

imāḥ

these

prajāḥ

races

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The seven great Ṛṣis such as Bhṛgu, as well as the four Manus of the past ages known as Sāvarṇas, had directed their thoughts to Me exclusively and were therefore endowed with the power of Viṣṇu. They were produced by Me by mind alone. Born in the creation of these Manus and of the Great Ṛṣis are these creatures comprising the moving and the unmoving beings.