Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.1.41
Visarga· Brahmā's creationVasiṣṭha’s Sons and Ūrjā’s Lineage
“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.”
What the purport teaches
- The seven sages were Citraketu, Suroci, Virajā, Mitra, Ulbaṇa, Vasubhṛdyāna and Dyumān.
- Other very competent sons were born from Vasiṣṭha’s other wife.
- Ūrjā, also known as Arundhatī, was Vasiṣṭha’s wife and the ninth daughter of Kardama Muni.
Try this today
Copy the seven sages’ names carefully, then add a note identifying Ūrjā as Kardama Muni’s ninth daughter.
Ask yourself
How does noting both names and relationships help me study this genealogy attentively?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
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