three Vedas. Sometimes he is reckoned as one of the Seven Great Sages, or saptarishis of the first Manvantara , with others being, Marichi , Atri , Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya , and Vashishtha [1] Bharadwaja maharshis was his descendant. . His wife is Surūpa and his sons are Utatya, Samvartana and