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.