वसिष्ठः कश्यपोऽथात्रिविश्वामित्रः सगौतमः॥ जमदग्निर्भरद्वाजस्तेऽपि सप्तर्षयस्तथा। उदीच्यां दिशि सप्तैते नित्यमेव निवासिनः॥
vasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapo'thātriviśvāmitraḥ sagautamaḥ|| jamadagnirbharadvājaste'pi saptarṣayastathā| udīcyāṃ diśi saptaite nityameva nivāsinaḥ||
English Meaning
Vasiştha and Kasyapa and Atri and Viśvāmitra with Gautama and Jamadagni and Bharadvāja and also the seven sages*, who for aye resided in the northern quarter, (came there). *Ursa Major, or the great bear, the seven stars of which are the souls of as many saints, Marici, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu and Vasistha.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)