Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu. Text 40

ऊर्जायां जज्ञिरे पुत्रा वसिष्ठस्य परन्तप ।
चित्रकेतुप्रधानास्ते सप्त ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमलाः ॥४०॥

Å«rjÄyÄá¹ jajñire putrÄ
vasiṣṭhasya parantapa
citraketu-pradhÄnÄs te
sapta brahmará¹£ayo 'malÄḥ

 Å«rjÄyÄm - in ŪrjÄ; jajñire - took birth; putrÄḥ - sons; vasiṣṭhasya - of the great sage Vasiṣṭha; parantapa - O great one; citraketu - Citraketu; pradhÄnÄḥ - headed by; te - all the sons; sapta - seven; brahma-ṛṣayaḥ - great sages with spiritual knowledge; amalÄḥ - without contamination.


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

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