अपुत्रिण स्तथा रूक्षास्तेजोहीना द्विजोत्तमाः । भारद्वाजसगोत्रेयाः प्रवरैः पंचभिर्युताः
aputriṇa stathā rūkṣāstejohīnā dvijottamāḥ | bhāradvājasagotreyāḥ pravaraiḥ paṃcabhiryutāḥ
તેમજ દ્વિજોત્તમોમાં કેટલાક અપુત્ર, રૂક્ષ સ્વભાવવાળા અને તેજહીન પણ હોય છે. તેઓ ભારદ્વાજસ ગોત્રના છે અને પાંચ પ્રવરોથી યુક્ત ગણાય છે.
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Scene: A contrast tableau: dignified Bhāradvāja-gotra brāhmaṇas with sacred thread and ritual marks, yet some appear stern and dim in aura; beside them, a gentle luminous sage instructs, suggesting transformation from roughness to tejas through discipline.
Lineage markers exist alongside moral evaluation; dharma values tejas and character, not mere birth-identity.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse continues a gotra–pravara catalog.
Five pravaras are noted for the Bhāradvāja gotra, relevant to ritual identification.
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