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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.14.4

తేన ప్రోక్తా స్వ పుత్రాయ మనవే పూర్వజాయ సా । తతో భృగ్వాదయోఽగృహ్ణన్ సప్త బ్రహ్మమహర్షయ: ॥ ౪ ॥
tena proktā sva-putrāya
[tena proktaa sva-putraaya]
manave pūrva-jāya sā
[manave poorva-jaaya saa]
tato bhṛgv-ādayo ’gṛhṇan
[tato bhrigv-aadayo ’grihnan]
sapta brahma-maharṣayaḥ
[sapta brahma-maharshayah]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tena proktā sva-putrāya
tena
by Brahmā
proktā
spoken
sva-putrāya
to his son
manave pūrva-jāya sā
manave
to Manu
pūrva-jāya
the oldest
sā
that Vedic knowledge
tato bhṛgv-ādayo ’gṛhṇan
tataḥ
from Manu
bhṛgu-ādayaḥ
those headed by Bhṛgu Muni
agṛhṇan
accepted
sapta brahma-maharṣayaḥ
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.

Everyone engages in a certain way of life based on one’s own nature and propensities. Bhakti-yoga is the natural activity of one whose nature is completely purified by association with the Supreme Lord. Other processes are meant for those whose nature is still affected by the material modes, and thus such processes, along with their results, are themselves also materially contaminated. Devotional service to the Lord, however, is a pure spiritual process, and by executing it with a pure consciousness one comes directly in touch with the Personality of Godhead, who describes Himself in Bhagavad-gītā (9.2) as pavitram idam uttamam, the supreme pure. The system of paramparā, or disciplic succession, is illustrated in this and the previous verse. The spiritual masters in Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s movement are part of such a disciplic succession, and through them the same Vedic knowledge spoken by Brahmā to Manu is still available.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Brahmā spoke this Vedic knowledge to his eldest son, Manu, and the seven great sages headed by Bhṛgu then accepted the same knowledge from Manu.
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