व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
अश्वरूपाय दत्तानि ततस्ते वाजिनो ऽमवन् / ब्रह्महत्या तु यैश्चीर्णा चरणाच्चरकाः स्मृताः
aśvarūpāya dattāni tataste vājino 'mavan / brahmahatyā tu yaiścīrṇā caraṇāccarakāḥ smṛtāḥ
Since they were given to the horse-formed one, those Vājin branches of recitation were preserved. And those who performed expiation for the sin of brahmahatyā are remembered, by their caraṇa, as Carakas.