Devanagari
ऊर्जायां जज्ञिरे पुत्रा वसिष्ठस्य परन्तप ।
चित्रकेतुप्रधानास्ते सप्त ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमला: ॥ ४० ॥
Verse text
ūrjāyāṁ jajṣire putrā
vasiṣṭhasya parantapa
citraketu-pradhānās te
sapta brahmarṣayo ’malāḥ
Synonyms
ūrjāyām
—
in Ūrjā
;
jajṣire
—
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The sons of Vasiṣṭha took birth in his wife, Ūrjā. These sons headed by Citraketu were the seven spotlessly sages