Shloka 9
Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons
अत्रिश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च काश्यपश्च महानृषिः ।
गौतमश्च भरद्वाजौ विश्वामित्रोऽथ कौशिकः ॥
atriś caiva vasiṣṭhaś ca kāśyapaś ca mahānṛṣiḥ |
gautamaś ca bharadvājau viśvāmitro 'tha kauśikaḥ ||
अत्रिर्वसिष्ठः काश्यपश्च महर्षिः; गौतमो भरद्वाजश्च; विश्वामित्रस्तथा—कौशिक इति च स्मृतः।
FAQs
By naming the guiding sages, the text emphasizes that each cosmic era is stewarded by realized seers—suggesting that spiritual insight is integral to social and cosmic stability.
Manvantara: specifying the ṛṣis associated with a particular Manu’s period is a standard Purāṇic component.
Saptarṣis function as archetypal transmitters of Vedic knowledge; their enumeration signals continuity of revelation across changing ages.