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ŚB 4.1.41

Devanagari

चित्रकेतु: सुरोचिश्च विरजा मित्र एव च ।
उल्बणो वसुभृद्यानो द्युमान्शक्त्यादयोऽपरे ॥ ४१ ॥

Text

citraketuḥ surociś ca
virajā mitra eva ca
ulbaṇo vasubhṛdyāno
dyumān śakty-ādayo ’pare

Synonyms

citraketuḥ — Citraketu; surociḥ ca — and Suroci; virajāḥ — Virajā; mitraḥ — Mitra; eva — also; ca — and; ulbaṇaḥ — Ulbaṇa; vasubhṛdyānaḥ — Vasubhṛdyāna; dyumān — Dyumān; śakti-ādayaḥ — sons headed by Śakti; apare — from his other wife.

Translation

The names of these seven sages are as follows: Citraketu, Suroci, Virajā, Mitra, Ulbaṇa, Vasubhṛdyāna and Dyumān. Some other very competent sons were born from Vasiṣṭha’s other wife.

Purport

Ūrjā, who is sometimes known as Arundhatī and was the wife of Vasiṣṭha, was the ninth daughter of Kardama Muni.