Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.28

c6.28

Varâha himself quotes Vriddha Garga for his account of the cycle of the Seven Rishis.‡ His words are: "1, 2. I shall tell, according to the theory of Vriddha Garga, the course of these Seven Seers, by whom the northern region is, as it were, protected; through whom she shines, as if adorned with a string of pearls, like a maiden with joyful countenance, wearing a wreath of white water-lilies; those Seven Seers, by the turning round of whom the northern region seems dancing, the pole-star being the regulator.