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"name":"SB 4.1.40", "h1":"SB 4.1.40", "label":"Text 40", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.40", "description":"The great sage Vasiṣṭha begot in his wife, Ūrjā, sometimes called Arundhatī, seven spotlessly great sages, headed by the sage named Citraketu."
} —
ऊर्जायां जज्ञिरे पुत्रा वसिष्ठस्य परन्तप ।
चित्रकेतुप्रधानास्ते सप्त ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमलाः ॥४०॥
ūrjāyāṁ jajñire putrā
vasiṣṭhasya parantapa
citraketu-pradhānās te
sapta brahmarṣayo 'malāḥ
ūrjāyām—in Ūrjā; jajñire—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.
The great sage Vasiṣṭha begot in his wife, Ūrjā, sometimes called Arundhatī, seven spotlessly great sages, headed by the sage named Citraketu.