Shloka 9
Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons
अत्रिश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च काश्यपश्च महानृषिः ।
गौतमश्च भरद्वाजौ विश्वामित्रोऽथ कौशिकः ॥
atriś caiva vasiṣṭhaś ca kāśyapaś ca mahānṛṣiḥ |
gautamaś ca bharadvājau viśvāmitro 'tha kauśikaḥ ||
أتري، وفَسِشْتَه، وكاشْيَپَه الحكيم العظيم؛ وغوتَما وبْهارَدْفاجا؛ وڤيشْوامِترا—ويُدعى أيضًا كاوْشِكَة.
FAQs
By naming the guiding sages, the text emphasizes that each cosmic era is stewarded by realized seers—suggesting that spiritual insight is integral to social and cosmic stability.
Manvantara: specifying the ṛṣis associated with a particular Manu’s period is a standard Purāṇic component.
Saptarṣis function as archetypal transmitters of Vedic knowledge; their enumeration signals continuity of revelation across changing ages.