Note 11 — RITUAL AND MORAL CONDUCT.[10]
W. A. (William Austin) Montriou translation
Pre-eminent, divine sages; probably the great Rishis, the first-created of Brahmá, mentioned in the opening verse of Manu.
In the third book (sl. 186—189) two classes of Munis are described, of whom one, after blessed experience of Heaven, return to Earth, and the other are to continue in the abodes of bliss until the destruction of the universe. These latter are the publishers of the Vedas, Upanishads, Sútras, Puráṇas, in fine of all records of knowledge through the medium of language.