Shloka 73
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
सप्तैते मानसा: प्रोक्ता ऋषयो ब्रह्मण: सुता: । स्वयमागततविज्ञाना निवृत्तिं धर्ममास्थिता:
saptaite mānasāḥ proktā ṛṣayo brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ | svayam āgatavijñānā nivṛttiṁ dharmam āsthitāḥ ||
वैशम्पायन बोले—ये सातों ऋषि ब्रह्मा के मानस-पुत्र कहे गए हैं। इन्हें स्वयं ही ज्ञान प्रकट हुआ है और ये निवृत्ति-धर्म, अर्थात् संन्यास-मार्ग में स्थित हैं।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates the ideal of nivṛtti-dharma: sages who are inwardly withdrawn and established in renunciation, guided by self-arisen discriminative knowledge rather than by worldly aims.
Vaiśampāyana identifies a group of seven primordial sages as Brahmā’s mind-born sons and characterizes them as naturally enlightened beings devoted to the renunciant path.