व्यतीतायां तु शर्वर्यामादित्यस्योदये ततः। समेत्य राजकर्तारः सभामीयुर्द्विजातयः॥ मार्कण्डेयोऽथ मौद्गल्यो वामदेवश्च कश्यपः। कात्यायनो गौतमश्च जाबालिश्च महायशाः॥ एते द्विजाः सहामात्यैः पृथग्वाचमुदीरयन्। वसिष्ठमेवाभिमुखाः श्रेष्ठं राजपुरोहितम्॥
vyatītāyāṃ tu śarvaryāmādityasyodaye tataḥ| sametya rājakartāraḥ sabhāmīyurdvijātayaḥ|| mārkaṇḍeyo'tha maudgalyo vāmadevaśca kaśyapaḥ| kātyāyano gautamaśca jābāliśca mahāyaśāḥ|| ete dvijāḥ sahāmātyaiḥ pṛthagvācamudīrayan| vasiṣṭhamevābhimukhāḥ śreṣṭhaṃ rājapurohitam||
English Meaning
And when the night had departed and the sun had arisen, those officers of the royal house-hold belonging to the twice-born order, Märkandeya, Maudgalya, Vāmadeva, Kaśyapa, Kātyāyana, Gautama, and the highly famous Jābāli. assembled together along with the counsellors, spoke each on different topics.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)