Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 315

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-10 Vibhūti Yogaḥ

maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavas-tathā | mad-bhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ || 6 || 6. The seven great seers [Rishis] of yore and similarly the four Manus, all are my mental expansions empowered by Me. All these creatures of the world are descended from them. Commentary ‘The seven great Rishis of yore’, namely, those seven great Rishis like Bhrgu etc., who were born from the mind of Brahma in the cycle of the previous Manu [Universal administrator] to perpetuate the creation; and the four Manus who are the sons of Savarna were created in order to supervise the work of sustentation. All creatures in the world are their progeny. So they are the progenitors as well as the sustainers of all beings until the time of cosmic dissolution [Pralaya]. The Rishis and the Manus, derive their empowerment from Me. Their disposition is My disposition — they do what I want them to do — this the meaning.