dvaipayanah bharadvajah -- Dvaipayana (Vedavyasa) and Bharadvaja; sumantuh gotamah asitah -- Sumantu, Gotama and Asita; vasishthah cyavanah kanvah -- Vasishtha, Cyavana and Kanva; maitreyah kavashah tritah -- Maitreya, Kavasa and Trita; visvamitrah vamadevah -- Visvamitra and Vamadeva; sumatih jaiminih kratuh -- Sumati, Jaimini and Kratu; pailah parasarah gargah -- Paila, Parasara and Garga; vaisampayanah -- Vaisampayana; eva ca -- also; atharva kasyapah dhaumyah -- Atharva, Kasyapa and Dhaumya; ramah bhargavah -- Parasurama, the descendant of Bhrigu; asurih -- Asuri; vitihotrah madhucchandah -- Vitihotra and Madhucchanda; virasenah akritavranah -- Virasena and Akritavrana.

He selected Krishna-dvaipayana, Bharadvaja, Sumantu, Gotama and Asita, along with Vasishtha, Cyavana, Kanva, Maitreya, Kavasha and Trita. He also selected Visvamitra, Vamadeva, Sumati, Jaimini, Kratu, Paila and Parasara, as well as Garga, Vaisampayana, Atharva, Kasyapa, Dhaumya, Rama of the Bhargavas, Asuri, Vitihotra, Madhucchanda, Virasena and Akritavrana.