Gita Verse 10.6

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10, Verse 6

Sanskrit Verse

महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा।

मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः।।10.6।।

Transliteration

maharṣhayaḥ sapta pūrve chatvāro manavas tathā

mad-bhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣhāṁ loka imāḥ prajāḥ

Word meanings

mahā-ṛiṣhayaḥ—the great Sages; sapta—seven; pūrve—before; chatvāraḥ—four; manavaḥ—Manus; tathā—also; mat bhāvāḥ—are born from me; mānasāḥ—mind; jātāḥ—born; yeṣhām—from them; loke—in the world; imāḥ—all these; prajāḥ—people

Swami Sivananda's translation

The seven great sages, the ancient four, and the Manus, possessing powers like Mine (due to their minds being fixed on Me), were born from My mind; from them, these creatures have been born in this world.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 10