व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
ऋषय ऊचुः चरकाध्वर्यवः केन कारणं ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः / किं चीर्णं कस्य वा हेतोश्चरकत्वं हि भेजिरे
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ carakādhvaryavaḥ kena kāraṇaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ / kiṃ cīrṇaṃ kasya vā hetoścarakatvaṃ hi bhejire
The seers said: “O Sūta, tell us truly for what reason the adhvaryu priests became Carakas. What observance did they undertake, or for what cause did they assume the state of Caraka?”