SB 8.13.5 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.13.5

कश्यपोऽत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च विश्वामित्रोऽथ गौतम: । जमदग्निर्भरद्वाज इति सप्तर्षय: स्मृता: ॥ ५ ॥

kaśyapo ’trir vasiṣṭhaś ca

[kashyapo ’trir vasishthash cha]

viśvāmitro ’tha gautamaḥ

[vishvaamitro ’tha gautamah]

jamadagnir bharadvāja

[jamadagnir bharadvaaja]

iti saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

[iti saptarshayah smritaah]

Word-for-word

kaśyapaḥ — Kaśyapa atriḥ — Atri vasiṣṭhaḥ — Vasiṣṭha ca — and viśvāmitraḥ — Viśvāmitra atha — as well as gautamaḥ — Gautama jamadagniḥ — Jamadagni bharadvājaḥ — Bharadvāja iti — thus sapta-ṛṣayaḥ — the seven sages smṛtāḥ — celebrated.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

kaśyapo ’trir vasiṣṭhaś ca

kaśyapaḥ

Kaśyapa

atriḥ

Atri

vasiṣṭhaḥ

Vasiṣṭha

and

viśvāmitro ’tha gautamaḥ

viśvāmitraḥ

Viśvāmitra

atha

as well as

gautamaḥ

Gautama

jamadagnir bharadvāja

jamadagniḥ

Jamadagni

bharadvājaḥ

Bharadvāja

iti saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

iti

thus

sapta-ṛṣayaḥ

the seven sages

smṛtāḥ

celebrated.

Kaśyapa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Bharadvāja are known as the seven sages.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Kaśyapa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Bharadvāja are known as the seven sages.

Personal Guidance

Kaśyapa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, and Bharadvāja are the seven sages of this manvantara. The pillars of spiritual instruction in this age are these seven. Wisdom flows through specific lineages; nameless 'wisdom' is rare.

Reflection Questions

Whose lineage of teaching am I drawing from — and is it traceable to one of these sages?
Where am I improvising spiritually rather than learning from a recognized line?

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