SB 4.1.41 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.1.41

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

citraketuḥ surociś ca

[chitraketuh surochish cha]

virajā mitra eva ca

[virajaa mitra eva cha]

ulbaṇo vasubhṛdyāno

[ulbano vasubhridyaano]

dyumān śakty-ādayo ’pare

[dyumaan shakty-aadayo ’pare]

Word-for-word

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.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

citraketuḥ surociś ca

citraketuḥ

Citraketu

surociḥ ca

and Suroci

virajā mitra eva ca

virajāḥ

Virajā

mitraḥ

Mitra

eva

also

and

ulbaṇo vasubhṛdyāno

ulbaṇaḥ

Ulbaṇa

vasubhṛdyānaḥ

Vasubhṛdyāna

dyumān śakty-ādayo ’pare

dyumān

Dyumān

śakti-ādayaḥ

sons headed by Śakti

apare

from his other wife.

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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

The names of these seven sages are as follows: Citraketu, Suroci, Virajā, Mitra, Ulbaṇa, Vasubhṛdyāna and Dyumān. Some other sons headed by Śakti were born from Vasiṣṭha's other wife. Śakty-ādayaḥ apare means sons from another wife.

Personal Guidance

The seven sages are named in this verse and immortalized in scripture — what is named with care endures. Honor people by remembering their names; the scriptures model this attention.

Reflection Questions

Whom am I forgetting to honor by name in my life?
How does being named with care change how I show up?

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