ऋषीणां मण्डले सोऽभूत् सप्तमो रामपूजितः ॥२४॥
sva-dehaá¹ jamadagnis tu
labdhvÄ saá¹jñÄna-laká¹£aṇam
ṛṣīṇÄá¹ maṇá¸ale so 'bhÅ«t
saptamo rÄma-pÅ«jitaḥ
sva-deham - his own body; jamadagniḥ - the great sage Jamadagni; tu - but; labdhvÄ - regaining; saá¹jñÄna-laká¹£aṇam - showing full symptoms of life, knowledge and remembrance; ṛṣīṇÄm - of the great ṛṣis; maṇá¸ale - in the group of seven stars; saḥ - he, Jamadagni; abhÅ«t - later became; saptamaḥ - the seventh; rÄma-pÅ«jitaḥ - because of being worshiped by Lord ParaÅ›urÄma.
Thus Jamadagni, being worshiped by Lord ParaÅ›urÄma, was brought back to life with full remembrance, and he became one of the seven sages in the group of seven stars.
The seven stars revolving around the polestar at the zenith are called saptará¹£i-maṇá¸ala. On these seven stars, which form the topmost part of our planetary system, reside seven sages: KaÅ›yapa, Atri, Vasiá¹£á¹ha, ViÅ›vÄmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and BharadvÄja. These seven stars are seen every night, and they each make a complete orbit around the polestar within twenty-four hours. Along with these seven stars, all the others stars also orbit from east to west. The upper portion of the universe is called the north, and the lower portion is called the south. Even in our ordinary dealings, while studying a map, we regard the upper portion of the map as north.
