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सैकावलीव राजति ससितोत्पलमालिनी सहासेव । नाथवतीव च दिग्यैः कौवेरी सप्तभिर्मुनिभिः ॥ १३-०१ ॥
I shall now expound about the movements of the Seven Ṛṣis (Saptarṣi), through whom the northern region shines as though bedecked with a pearl necklace, like a maiden with a smiling countenance wearing a garland of white lotuses.
english translation
ध्रुवनायकोपदेशान् नरिनर्ती इवौत्तरा भ्रमद्भिश्च । यैश्चारं अहं तेषां कथयिष्ये वृद्धगर्गमतात् ॥ १३-०२ ॥
Or by the direction of her lord—the Pole-Star (Seven Ṛṣis), the northern maiden (quarter) appears to dance round as the Seven Ṛṣis move in their course. I begin to treat of these stars adopting the views of Vṛddha Garga.
english translation
आसन्मघासु मुनयः शासति पृथ्वीं युधिष्ठिरे नृपतौ । षड्द्विकपञ्चद्वियुतः शककालस्तस्य राज्ञश्च ॥ १३-०३ ॥
During the reign of Yudhisthira, 2526 years before the commencement of Vikrama Śaka, the Seven Ṛṣis (Saptarṣi) were at the constellation of Maghā (Regulus).
english translation
एकैकस्मिन्नृक्षे शतं शतं ते चरन्ति वर्षाणाम् । प्रागुदयतो अप्यविवराद्र्जून्नयति तत्र संयुक्ताः ॥ १३-०४ ॥
The Ṛṣis take a period of 100 years to go over each of the 27 asterisms. They rise in the north-east and are accompanied by the chaste Arundhatī—the consort of Vasiṣṭha.
english translation
पूर्वे भागे भगवान्मरीचिरपरे स्थितो वसिष्ठो अस्मात् । तस्याङ्गिरास्ततो अत्रिस्तस्यासन्नः पुलस्त्यश्च ॥ १३-०५ ॥
The eastern-most of the group is Bhagavān Marīci; the next to him is Vasiṣṭha; the next is Aṅgiras and the next two are—Atri and Pulastya.
english translation