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SB 4.1.40

Devanāgarī

ऊर्जायां जज्ञिरे पुत्रा वसिष्ठस्य परन्तप । चित्रकेतुप्रधानास्ते सप्त ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमला: ॥ ४० ॥

Text

ūrjāyāṁ jajñire putrā vasiṣṭhasya parantapa citraketu-pradhānās te sapta brahmarṣayo ’malāḥ

Synonyms

ūrjāyām—in Ūrjā;jajñire—took birth;putrāḥ—sons;vasiṣṭhasya—of the great sage Vasiṣṭha;parantapa—O great one;citraketu—Citraketu;pradhānāḥ—headed by;te—all the sons;sapta—seven;brahma-ṛṣayaḥ—great sages with spiritual knowledge;amalāḥ—without contamination.

Translation

The great sage Vasiṣṭha begot in his wife, Ūrjā [sometimes called Arundhatī], seven spotlessly great sages, headed by the sage named Citraketu.

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