[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 6.32.6 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.32.6 Mahābhārata 6.32.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.32.6) maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā | madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ || 6 || > The seven great Rishis as well as the four ancient Manus, possessed of powers like Me (due to their thoughts being fixed on Me), were born of (My) mind; from them are these creatures in the world. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.32.5) - [Next: 6.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.32.7) - [Up: 6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.32) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.10.6) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.34.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.34.6) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.34.6) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.34.6) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.10.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.32.6) · Pramāṇa