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.
व्यतीतायां तु शर्वर्यामादित्यस्योदये ततः। समेत्य राजकर्तारः सभामीयुर्द्विजातयः॥ मार्कण्डेयोऽथ मौद्गल्यो वामदेवश्च कश्यपः। कात्यायनो गौतमश्च जाबालिश्च महायशाः॥ एते द्विजाः सहामात्यैः पृथग्वाचमुदीरयन्। वसिष्ठमेवाभिमुखाः श्रेष्ठं राजपुरोहितम्॥