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maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā . madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ
古代的七大仙以及四摩奴，世间众生皆由他们而来，他们的心意系于我，他们皆由我的心意而生。
The seven great sages as also the four Manus of anceint days, of whom are these creatures in the world, had their thoughts fixed on Me, and they were born from My mind.
最初我独自存在，从我生出心意，从心意生出七大仙（如毗利古（Bhrigu）、婆私吒（Vasishtha）等）、古代的四童子（萨那卡（Sanaka）、萨南达那（Sanandana）、萨那特库玛拉（Sanatkumara）和萨那特苏阇陀（Sanatsujata）），以及过去时代的四摩奴（Savarnis），他们都将心意完全专注于我，因此被赋予了神圣的力量和至高无上的智慧。四童子（纯洁、苦行的青年）拒绝结婚和生育后代。他们宁愿保持永久的独身，并修习梵思（BrahmaVichara），即对梵（Brahman）或绝对者的深刻冥想。他们都是由我，仅凭心意创造的。他们都是梵的心生之子。他们不像凡人那样从母胎中出生。“Manavah”（人），这个世界的现有居民，是摩奴（Manu）的后代。摩奴（Manus）是神的心生之子。这些由运动和非运动众生组成的生物，都是由七大仙和四摩奴（Manus）所生。大仙是梵天知识（BrahmaVidya）或奥义书古老智慧的原始教师。摩奴（Manus）是人类的统治者。他们制定了达摩（Dharma）的法典或行为准则，以指导和提升人类。七大仙也代表七个层面。在宏观世界中，大我（Mahat）或宇宙智（cosmic Buddhi）、我执（Ahamkara）或宇宙我执，以及五微细元素（Tanmatras）——地、水、火、风、空这五大元素的粗糙形式——代表七大仙。这个由运动和非运动众生组成的粗糙宇宙以及微妙的内在世界，都源于上述七个原则。在神话或往世书的术语中，这七个原则已被象征化并赋予了人名。毗利古（Bhrigu）、摩利支（Marichi）、阿特里（Atri）、补罗私底耶（Pulastya）、补罗诃（Pulaha）、克拉图（Kratu）和婆私吒（Vasishtha）是七大仙。在微观世界中，心意（Manas）、智力（Buddhi）、潜意识（Chitta）和我执（Ahamkara）被象征为四摩奴（Manus）并赋予了人名。第一组构成了宏观世界的基础。第二组构成了微观世界（个体）的基础。这两组构成了这个广阔的有情生命宇宙。“Madbhava”意为他们的存在在我之中，具有我的本性。
In the beginning I was alone and from Me came the mind and from the mind were produced the seven sages (such as Bhrigu? Vasishtha and others)? the ancient four Kumaras (Sanaka? Sanandana? Sanatkumara and Sanatsujata)? as well as the four Manus of the past ages known as Savarnis? all of whom directed their thoughts to Me exclusively and were therefore endowed with divine powers and supreme wisdom.The four Kumaras (chaste? ascetic youths) declined to marry and create offspring. They preferred to remain perpetual celibates and to practise BrahmaVichara or profound meditation on Brahman or the Absolute.They were all created by Me? by mind alone. They were all mindborn sons of Brahma. They were not born from the womb like ordinary mortals. Manavah? men? the present inhabitants of this world? are the sons of Manu. The Manus are the mindborn sons of God. These creatures which consist of the moving and the unmoving beings are born of the seven great sages and the four Manus. The great sages were original teaches of BrahmaVidya or the ancient wisdom of the Upanishads. The Manus were the rulers of men. They framed the code or rules of conduct or the laws of Dharma for the guidance and uplift of humanity.The seven great sages represent the seven planes also. In the macrocosm? Mahat or cosmic Buddhi? Ahamkara or the cosmic egoism and the five Tanmatras or the five rootelements of which the five great elements? viz.? earth? water? fire? air and ether are the gross forms? represent the seven great sages. This gross universe with the moving and the unmoving beings and the subtle inner world have come out of the above seven principles. In mythology or the Puranic terminology these seven principles have been symbolised and give human names. Bhrigu? Marichi? Atri? Pulastya? Pulaha? Kratu and Vasishtha are the seven great sages.In the microcosm? Manas (mind)? Buddhi (intellect)? Chitta (subconsciousness) and Ahamkara (egoism) have been symbolised as the four Manus and given human names. The first group forms the base of the macrocosm. The second group forms the base of the microcosm (individuals). These two groups constitute this vast universe of sentient life.Madbhava with their being in Me? of My nature.