Shloka 18
अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
कर्मतो<न्यानि गोत्राणि समुत्पन्नानि पार्थिव । नामधेयानि तपसा तानि च ग्रहणं सताम्
karmato 'nyāni gotrāṇi samutpannāni pārthiva | nāmadheyāni tapasā tāni ca grahaṇaṃ satām ||
ປາຣາຊະຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ໂກດຣະອື່ນໆ ເກີດຂຶ້ນພາຍຫຼັງ ຕາມກຳກັບການກະທຳ ແລະ ໜ້າທີ່. ແມ່ນແຕ່ຊື່ຂອງພວກມັນກໍຖືກສ້າງຕັ້ງດ້ວຍຕະປະຂອງຣິສີຜູ້ກໍ່ຕັ້ງ ແລະ ໄດ້ຮັບການຍອມຮັບ ພ້ອມການນັບຖືໃນຫມູ່ຄົນດີ»។
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that social lineages and their recognized names are not merely arbitrary; they are understood to arise in relation to karma (deeds/roles) and gain legitimacy through the tapas (spiritual merit) of the founding sages, hence being honored by the righteous.
Parāśara is instructing a king in the Śānti Parva on the origin and social recognition of gotras, explaining how later gotras emerged and why their names became accepted among respectable people.