महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा | मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः || ६ ||
maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavas tathā mad-bhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṁ loka imāḥ prajāḥ
mahā-ṛṣayaḥ—the great sages; sapta—seven; pūrve—previously; catvāraḥ—four; manavaḥ—Manus; tathā—also; mat-bhāvāḥ—born of My mind; mānasāḥ—from the mind; jātāḥ—born; yeṣām—of whom; loke—in the world; imāḥ—all this; prajāḥ—population.
“The seven great sages and before them the four great sages, and also the Manus, are born of My mind and all the living beings in the world have descended from them.”
The seven rishis (saptarshis) and the four Kumaras were not born through ordinary biological means but directly from the divine will — mānasā jātāḥ, born of the mind of the Lord. This verse establishes that the entire lineage of wisdom teachers traces back to the Supreme, lending authority to the unbroken tradition of spiritual knowledge.
Every teacher in a genuine lineage of wisdom is a living link in a chain that ultimately connects back to the divine source. When you receive authentic teaching, you are receiving something that has been transmitted across vast stretches of time. Honor that lineage with seriousness and gratitude, and pass it forward with care.