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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."

} —

SB 4.1.40

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

Text

ūrjāyāṁ jajñire putrā
vasiṣṭhasya parantapa
citraketu-pradhānās te
sapta brahmarṣayo 'malāḥ

Synonyms

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.

Translation

The great sage Vasiṣṭha begot in his wife, Ūrjā, sometimes called Arundhatī, seven spotlessly great sages, headed by the sage named Citraketu.