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.
वसिष्ठः कश्यपोऽथात्रिविश्वामित्रः सगौतमः॥ जमदग्निर्भरद्वाजस्तेऽपि सप्तर्षयस्तथा। उदीच्यां दिशि सप्तैते नित्यमेव निवासिनः॥