Shloka 54
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
सुमेधा विरजाश्चैव हविष्मानुन्नतो मधुः ।
अतिनामा सहिष्णुश्च सप्तासन्निति चर्षयः ॥
sumedhā virajāś caiva haviṣmān unnato madhuḥ / atināmā sahiṣṇuś ca saptāsann iti carṣayaḥ
Sumedhā, Virajā, Haviṣmān, Unnata, Madhu, Atināmā und Sahiṣṇu — diese sieben waren die ṛṣis, die Seherweisen.
FAQs
The stability of the world-age is anchored by ṛṣis—embodiments of tapas, memory, and dharma—who transmit knowledge and regulate sacred order.
Manvantara: standard manvantara-description includes Manu, Devas, Indra, and Saptarṣis.
Seven seers can be read as seven ‘channels’ of revelation sustaining a cycle; their names emphasize qualities (purity, endurance, elevation) as archetypes of spiritual governance.