Shloka 13
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
स्वतेजसा हि तपसो वरिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ।
तनयाश्चान्तरे तस्मिन् सप्त सप्तर्षयोऽभवन् ॥
svatejasā hi tapaso variṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ | tanayāś cāntare tasmin sapta saptarṣayo 'bhavan ||
Wahrlich, durch seinen eigenen Glanz—jenes großen Selbst, das in Askese das Vorzüglichste war—gab es in jenem Zeitraum sieben Söhne, die zu den sieben Saptarishis wurden.
FAQs
Spiritual authority is rooted in tapas: the sages who guide an age are portrayed as emanations of disciplined inner power rather than political force.
Manvantara: each Manu-era has its own Saptarishis; this is a standard enumerative element.
‘Seven’ functions as a completeness number (cosmic ordering principle); the Saptarishis symbolize the stabilization of dharma through sevenfold channels of insight/tradition.