वाल्मीकिश्च महायोगी वल्मीकादभवत्किल । अगस्त्यश्च वसिष्ठश्च मित्रावरुणयोऋर्षी ॥ ५ ॥
valmikis ca maha-yogi valmikad abhavat kila agastyas ca vasisthas ca mitra-varunayor rsi
- valmikih
- Valmiki
- ca
- and
- maha-yogi
- the great mystic
- valmikat
- from an anthill
- abhavat
- took birth
- kila
- indeed
- agastyah
- Agastya
- ca
- and
- vasisthah
- Vasistha
- ca
- also
- mitra-varunayoh
- of Mitra and Varuna
- rsi
- the two sages.
By the semen of Varuna, the great mystic Valmiki took birth from an anthill. Bhrgu and Valmiki were specific sons of Varuna, whereas Agastya and Vasistha Rsis were the common sons of Varuna and Mitra, the tenth son of Aditi.