Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.18.5

vālmīkiś ca mahā-yogī

valmīkād abhavat kila

agastyaś ca vasiṣṭhaś ca

mitrā-varuṇayor ṛṣī

SYNONYMS

vālmīkiḥ — Vālmīki; ca — and; mahā-yogī — the great mystic; valmīkāt — from an anthill; abhavat — took birth; kila — indeed; agastyaḥ — Agastya; ca — and; vasiṣṭhaḥ — Vasiṣṭha; ca — also; mitrā-varuṇayoḥ — of Mitra and Varuṇa; ṛṣī — the two sages.

TRANSLATION

By the semen of Varuṇa, the great mystic Vālmīki took birth from an anthill. Bhṛgu and Vālmīki were specific sons of Varuṇa, whereas Agastya and Vasiṣṭha Ṛṣis were the common sons of Varuṇa and Mitra, the tenth son of Aditi.

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