Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 10: The Divine Glories

Bhagavad Gita 10.6

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

The seven great seers, the four ancient ones before them, and the Manus were born of my mind and share my nature. From them come all the creatures of this world.

Modern context

The first seers and the founding ancestors of humanity are said to be born of the divine mind. In the traditional picture, all lineages of wisdom and all families trace back to them. The meaning for us is that every human being descends, ultimately, from a thought of the divine. No family line is ordinary at its root, and no person is a stranger.