Text-27-28

saptarsinam tu yau purvau

 drsyete uditau divi

tayos tu madhye naksatram

 drsyate yat samam nisi

 

tenaiva rsayo yuktas

 tisthanty abda-satam nrnam

te tvadiye dvijah kala

 adhuna casrita maghah

 

Translation: 

 

Of the seven stars forming the constellation of the seven sages, Pulaha and Kratu are the first to rise in the night sky. If a line running north and south were drawn through their midpoint, whichever of the lunar mansions this line passes through is said to be the ruling asterism of the constellation for that time. The Seven Sages will remain connected with that particular lunar mansion for one hundred human years. Currently, during your lifetime, they are situated in the naksatra called Magha.