Shloka 10
Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons
तथैव पुत्रो भगवाञृचीकस्य महात्मनः ।
जमदग्निस्तु सप्तैते मुनयोऽत्र नथान्तरे ॥
tathaiva putro bhagavān ṛcīkasya mahātmanaḥ |
jamadagnis tu saptaite munayo 'tra nathāntare ||
ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಜಮದಗ್ನಿ—ಮಹಾತ್ಮ ಋಚೀಕನ ಧನ್ಯ ಪುತ್ರ—(ಸಮೂಹವನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ); ಈ ಮನ್ವಂತರದ ಈ ಮಧ್ಯಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರೇ ಸಪ್ತರ್ಷಿಗಳೆಂದು ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ।
FAQs
The authority of tradition is reinforced through lineage (ṛṣi-to-ṛṣi descent) and through the idea that each era has appointed custodians of sacred order.
Manvantara: listing the sages of the period is a core manvantara-detail within Purāṇic historiography.
Jamadagni’s mention evokes the Bhṛgu-line’s ascetic power; esoterically, it points to tapas as a stabilizing force in cyclical time.