Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 52, 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 ||
May animnapung libong ṛṣi na mga ūrdhvaretas, yaong mga mapagtimpi at nag-iingat ng lakas ng paglikha. At kay Ūrjā, asawa ni Vasiṣṭha, tunay ngang isinilang ang pitong anak na lalaki.
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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).