चित्रकेतुः सुरोचिश्च विरजा मित्र एव च ।
उल्बणो वसुभृद्यानो द्युमान्शक्त्यादयोऽपरे ॥४१॥

citraketuḥ surociś ca
virajÄ mitra eva ca
ulbaṇo vasubhá¹›dyÄno
dyumÄn Å›akty-Ädayo 'pare

 citraketuḥ - Citraketu; surociḥ ca - and Suroci; virajÄḥ - VirajÄ; mitraḥ - Mitra; eva - also; ca - and; ulbaṇaḥ - Ulbaṇa; vasubhá¹›dyÄnaḥ - Vasubhá¹›dyÄna; dyumÄn - DyumÄn; Å›akti-Ädayaḥ - sons headed by Åšakti; apare - from his other wife.


Text

The names of these seven sages are as follows: Citraketu, Suroci, VirajÄ, Mitra, Ulbaṇa, Vasubhá¹›dyÄna and DyumÄn. Some other very competent sons were born from Vasiṣṭha’s other wife.

Purport

ŪrjÄ, who is sometimes known as ArundhatÄ« and was the wife of Vasiṣṭha, was the ninth daughter of Kardama Muni.