तेन प्रोक्ता स्व पुत्राय मनवे पूर्वजाय सा । ततो भृग्वादयोऽगृह्णन् सप्त ब्रह्ममहर्षय: ॥ ४ ॥
tena proktā sva-putrāya manave pūrva-jāya sā tato bhṛgv-ādayo ’gṛhṇan sapta brahma-maharṣayaḥ
- tena
- by Brahmā
- proktā
- spoken
- sva-putrāya
- to his son
- manave
- to Manu
- pūrva-jāya
- the oldest
- sā
- that Vedic knowledge
- tataḥ
- from Manu
- bhṛgu-ādayaḥ
- those headed by Bhṛgu Muni
- agṛhṇan
- accepted
- sapta
- seven
- brahma
- in Vedic literature
- mahā-ṛṣayaḥ
- most learned sages
Lord Brahmā spoke this Vedic knowledge to his eldest son, Manu, and the seven great sages headed by Bhṛgu Muni then accepted the same knowledge from Manu.