Shloka 25
Adhyaya 52 — The Manifestation of Nilalohita (Rudra) and the Allocation of His Names, Abodes, Consorts, and Lineages
षष्टिर्यानि सहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् ।
ऊर्जायान्तु वसिष्ठस्य सप्ताजायन्त वै सुताः ॥
ṣaṣṭir yāni sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇām ūrdhva-retasām | ūrjāyāṃ tu vasiṣṭhasya saptājāyanta vai sutāḥ ||
六万のリシたちがいて、彼らはウールドゥヴァレータス（ūrdhvaretas）—禁欲し、生殖の精力を保持する者—であった。また、ヴァシシュタの妻ウールジャーから、まことに七人の息子が生まれた。
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FAQs
Two ideals are juxtaposed: mass ascetic communities (ūrdhvaretas ṛṣis) and household-based lineage (Vasiṣṭha’s sons). Purāṇas thereby validate both renunciation and regulated progeny as dharmic modes.
Vaṃśa plus ancillary cosmological enumeration (a common Purāṇic technique to anchor history through numbers and named lines).
Ūrdhvaretas points to sublimation: conserving and transmuting vital force into spiritual luminosity. The 'seven sons' motif anticipates the archetype of sevenfold order (often mirrored in saptarṣi symbolism).