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Yugas and classes of people: lineage of sages - Verse 95

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 32 · Verse 95

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Sanskrit Original

भूतात्मा चेन्द्रियात्मा च तेषां तज्ज्ञानमुच्यते। इत्येता ऋषिजातीस्ता नामभिः पञ्च वै शृणु।।

bhūtātmā cendriyātmā ca teṣāṃ tajjñānamucyate| ityetā ṛṣijātīstā nāmabhiḥ pañca vai śṛṇu||

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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.