Yugas and classes of people: lineage of sages - Verse 94
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 32 · Verse 94
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Sanskrit Original
तस्मात्सप्तर्षयस्तेपि श्रुतेः परमदर्शनात। अव्यक्तात्मा महानात्माहङ्कारात्मा तथैव च।।
tasmātsaptarṣayastepi śruteḥ paramadarśanāt| avyaktātmā mahānātmāhaṅkārātmā tathaiva ca||
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Sūta said: Hence, those seven sages also are called sages because they see the vast extent of the Śruti. The following are the five classes of sages having the knowledge of the particular Ātmans viz. (1) Avyaktātman (the Unmenifest Ātman) (2) Mahān Ātman (the Soul called Mahat) (3) Ahaṃkārātman (the Ātman of the cosmic Ego) (4) Bhūtātman (the Ātman of the living beings or elements) and (5) Indriyātman (The Ātman of the Sense-Organs), listen to them by their names.