SB 4.1.40
TEXT 40
- 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.