Shloka 108
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
अन्रैवात्रेति च विभो जातमत्रिं वदन्त्यपि | तथा भस्मव्यपोहेभ्यो ब्रह्मर्षिगणसम्मता:
anraivātreti ca vibho jātam atriṁ vadanty api | tathā bhasmavyapohebhyo brahmarṣigaṇasammatāḥ |
Vasiṣṭha sprach: „O Mächtiger, aus eben jenen kuśa-Bündeln wurde ein weiterer Brahmarṣi geboren, den die Menschen auch Atri nennen. Ebenso entstanden aus gesiebten Aschehaufen die Vaikhānasas, geehrt unter den Scharen der Brahmarṣis—Asketen, die nach Askese, nach Kenntnis der Śāstras und nach edlen Tugenden verlangen.“
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage elevates tapas (austerity), śāstra-jñāna (scriptural understanding), and sadguṇa (noble virtues) as the defining aims of revered ascetic lineages, presenting spiritual excellence as grounded in disciplined practice and ethical cultivation.
Vasiṣṭha describes mythic origins: Atri is said to arise from the same source previously mentioned (here implied as kuśa clusters), and the Vaikhānasas are said to arise from sifted heaps of ash, being honored among Brahmarṣis for their ascetic and learned character.