Verse
महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा ।मद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः ॥
The great Rishis, the seven Ancients of the worlds, and also the four Manus, are my mental becomings; from them are all these living creatures in the world.
Gītā 10·6