# Bhagavad Gita 10.6

**Canonical reference:** `gita.10.6`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा।
मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः ॥

## IAST

maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā
madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

contentment penance, (making) gifts glory disgrace all these different tempers of living beings are from me alone. The seven great sages and likewise the four ancient Manus whose descendants are (all) these people in the world were all born from my mind, (partaking) of my powers.

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