{"id":3980,"date":"2017-03-14T18:12:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T18:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2024-06-23T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T19:18:20","slug":"10-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-6\/","title":{"rendered":"10.6 maharshaya: saptha pUrvE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-5\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 10 verse 5<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-6-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>maharshaya: saptha pUrvE chathvArO manavas thathA |<\/em><br \/>\n<em> madhbhAvA mAnasA jAthA yEshAm lOka imA: prajA: ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>pUrvE &#8211; from the first manvanthra (reign of a manu)<br \/>\nmAnasA &#8211; created by the mind (of brahmA)<br \/>\nsaptha maharshaya &#8211; seven great sages (starting with bhrugu)<br \/>\nthathA &#8211; in the same manner<br \/>\nchathvAra: manava: &#8211; four manus<br \/>\nmadh bhAvA: &#8211; are engaged in following my will<br \/>\nyEshAm lOkE &#8211; descendants of those<br \/>\nimA: prajA jAthA &#8211; the creations who are present now, originated from<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>All creations who are present now, originated from and are descendants of seven great sages and four manus who were created by the mind (of brahmA), right from the first manvanthra [which occurs at the beginning of every day of brahmA], are engaged in following my will.<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;In the past, the Maharshis Seven[1. <em>Sub: Up:<\/em> I. &#8216;Sa m\u0101nas\u0101n sapta-putr\u0101n as\u1e5bijat&#8217;], and the Manus Four, were the mind-born those from whom sprang all this progeny in the world.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The past is the past <em>manvantara<\/em>. The seven[2. <em>Sub: Up:<\/em> I. &#8216;Sa m\u0101nas\u0101n sapta-putr\u0101n as\u1e5bijat&#8217;] Maharshis are Bh\u1e5bigu etc, who were born from the mind of Brahm\u0101 (Demiurge) to inaugurate the Day-creation (of Brahm\u0101). The Four Manus are those named S\u0101var\u1e47ikas[3. (1) Brahma\u2014S\u0101var\u1e47ika (2) Rudra\u2014S\u0101var\u1e47ika (3) Dharma\u2014S\u0101var\u1e47ika (4) Daksha\u2014S\u0101var\u1e47ika, are the Four Sons of Priy\u0101, the daughter of Daksha. Also consult <em>T\u0101tparya Chandrika<\/em>.] etc., the mind-born, as well, of Brahm\u0101, appointed to look to the maintenance of the created Kosmos. All the people of this world are descendants from these. They create and sustain, (respectively) their off-spring, every moment, till the eve of Kosmic dissolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bh\u1e5bigu, etc and the Manus are followers after My ideals. Hence they are those who are after My mind (<em>mad-bh\u0101v\u0101\u1e25<\/em>), or who share in My designs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-7\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 10 verse 7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 10 &lt;&lt; Chapter 10 verse 5 SlOkam \u2013 Original maharshaya: saptha pUrvE chathvArO manavas thathA | madhbhAvA mAnasA jAthA yEshAm lOka imA: prajA: || word-by-word meaning pUrvE &#8211; from the first manvanthra (reign of a manu) mAnasA &#8211; created by the mind (of brahmA) &#8230; <a title=\"10.6 maharshaya: saptha pUrvE\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/10-6\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 10.6 maharshaya: saptha pUrvE\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-10","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14344,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions\/14344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}