### SB 4.1.40

> 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.**