कुमारो नारद ऋभुरङ्गिरा देवलोऽसित: । अपान्तरतमा व्यासो मार्कण्डेयोऽथ गौतम: ॥ १२ ॥ वसिष्ठो भगवान् राम: कपिलो बादरायणि: । दुर्वासा याज्ञवल्क्यश्च जातुकर्णस्तथारुणि: ॥ १३ ॥ रोमशश्च्यवनो दत्त आसुरि: सपतञ्जलि: । ऋषिर्वेदशिरा धौम्यो मुनि: पञ्चशिखस्तथा ॥ १४ ॥ हिरण्यनाभ: कौशल्य: श्रुतदेव ऋतध्वज: । एते परे च सिद्धेशाश्चरन्ति ज्ञानहेतव: ॥ १५ ॥
kumaro narada rbhur angira devalo ’sitah apantaratama vyaso markandeyo ’tha gautamah vasistho bhagavan ramah kapilo badarayanih durvasa yajnavalkyas ca jatukarnas tatharunih romasas cyavano datta asurih sapatanjalih rsir veda-sira dhaumyo munih pancasikhas tatha hiranyanabhah kausalyah srutadeva rtadhvajah ete pare ca siddhesas caranti jnana-hetavah
- kumarah
- Sanat-kumara
- naradah
- Narada Muni
- rbhuh
- Rbhu
- angirah
- Angira
- devalah
- Devala
- asitah
- Asita
- apantaratamah
- Vyasa’s previous name, Apantaratama
- vyasah
- Vyasa
- markandeyah
- Markandeya
- atha
- and
- gautamah
- Gautama
- vasisthah
- Vasistha
- bhagavan ramah
- Lord Parasurama
- kapilah
- Kapila
- badarayanih
- Sukadeva Gosvami
- durvasah
- Durvasa
- yajnavalkyah
- Yajnavalkya
- ca
- also
- jatukarnah
- Jatukarna
- tatha
- as well as
- arunih
- Aruni
- romasah
- Romasa
- cyavanah
- Cyavana
- dattah
- Dattatreya
- asurih
- Asuri
- sa-patanjalih
- with Patanjali Rsi
- rsih
- the sage
- veda-sirah
- the head of the Vedas
- dhaumyah
- Dhaumya
- munih
- the sage
- pancasikhah
- Pancasikha
- tatha
- so also
- hiranyanabhah
- Hiranyanabha
- kausalyah
- Kausalya
- srutadevah
- Srutadeva
- rtadhvajah
- Rtadhvaja
- ete
- all of these
- pare
- others
- ca
- and
- siddha-isah
- the masters of mystic power
- caranti
- wander
- jnana-hetavah
- very learned persons who preach all over the world
O great souls, I have heard that among the great and perfect persons wandering the surface of the earth to instruct knowledge to people covered by ignorance are Sanat-kumara, Narada, Rbhu, Angira, Devala, Asita, Apantaratama [Vyasadeva], Markandeya, Gautama, Vasistha, Bhagavan Parasurama, Kapila, Sukadeva, Durvasa, Yajnavalkya, Jatukarna and Aruni. Others are Romasa, Cyavana, Dattatreya, Asuri, Patanjali, the great sage Dhaumya who is like the head of the Vedas, the sage Pancasikha, Hiranyanabha, Kausalya, Srutadeva and Rtadhvaja. You must certainly be among them.