Formerly, the Rishis Brihaspati Bharadvaja, Gautama Bhargava, Vasishtha, Kashyapa, Vishvamitra and Atri, assembled together for the purpose of asking one another. They thus assembled together after having travelled over all paths and after they had got tired with the deeds each of them had done.
उपगम्यर्षयः पूर्वं जिज्ञासन्तः परस्परम्। प्रजापतिभरद्वाजौ गौतमो भार्गवस्तथा॥ वसिष्ठः कश्यपश्चैव विश्वामित्रोऽत्रिरेव च। मार्गान् सर्वान् परिक्रम्य परिश्रान्ताः स्वकर्मभिः॥२६