Moreover,
महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा ।
मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः ॥ ६ ॥
maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā .
madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ .. 6 ..
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The seven great Ṛṣis such as Bhṛgu, as well as the four Manus of the past ages known as Savarnis, had directed their thoughts to Me exclusively and were therefore endowed with the power of Viṣṇu. They were produced by Me by mind alone. Born in the creation of these Manus and of the
Great Ṛṣis are these creatures comprising the moving and the unmoving beings.*
The Lord is not only the material cause (prakriti) of all, but, as the Omniscient Lord of all. He is also the Ruler of all, for He produced the Great Rishis and the Manus. The Great Rishis, from Bhrigu to Vasishtha, were omniscient and were the original teachers of the Traditional wisdom. The Manus were the Rulers of creatures and were themselves Lords. Both these belonged to the primeval age and were born of the mind of the Lord. The Great Rishis and Manus had their thought directed to the Omniscient Lord and were therefore endowed with the power of Vishnu and obtained wisdom and power. The present denizens of this world are their creatures, by birth and by knowledge.—(A.)