# SB 4.1.40 > ऊर्जायां जज्ञिरे पुत्रा वसिष्ठस्य परन्तप । > चित्रकेतुप्रधानास्ते सप्त ब्रह्मर्षयोऽमलाः ॥४०॥ ## Text > ūrjāyāṁ jajñire putrā > vasiṣṭhasya parantapa > citraketu-pradhānās te > sapta brahmarṣayo 'malāḥ ## Synonyms *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. ## Translation **The great sage Vasiṣṭha begot in his wife, Ūrjā, sometimes called Arundhatī, seven spotlessly great sages, headed by the sage named Citraketu.**