Shloka 40
भविष्य-मन्वन्तराः (अष्टम-चतुर्दश) तथा कल्प-युग-व्यवस्था
निर्मोहस् तत्त्वदर्शी च निष्प्रकम्पो निरुत्सुकः धृतिमान् अव्ययश् चान्यः सप्तमः सुतपा मुनिः सप्तर्षयस् त्व् इमे तस्य पुत्रान् अपि निबोध मे
nirmohas tattvadarśī ca niṣprakampo nirutsukaḥ dhṛtimān avyayaś cānyaḥ saptamaḥ sutapā muniḥ saptarṣayas tv ime tasya putrān api nibodha me
(Ellos son) Nirmoha y Tattvadarśin; Niṣprakampa y Nirutsuka; Dhṛtimān y también Avyaya; y como séptimo, el sabio Sutapā. Estos son, en verdad, los Siete Ṛṣis de aquel Manvantara; ahora conoce de mí también a sus hijos.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
FAQs
This verse lists the Seven Seers for a Manvantara, presenting them as stabilizing custodians of cosmic order whose lineages continue dharma through their descendants.
By naming the Saptarṣis and then promising to describe their sons, Parāśara frames dharma as preserved through teacher-lineages that persist across Manvantara transitions.
Even when not named in the verse, the Manvantara framework presumes Vishnu as the supreme regulator of time and order, under whose ordinance the Saptarṣis function as agents of cosmic governance.