अपुत्रिण स्तथा रूक्षास्तेजोहीना द्विजोत्तमाः । भारद्वाजसगोत्रेयाः प्रवरैः पंचभिर्युताः
aputriṇa stathā rūkṣāstejohīnā dvijottamāḥ | bhāradvājasagotreyāḥ pravaraiḥ paṃcabhiryutāḥ
അതുപോലെ ദ്വിജോത്തമരിൽ ചിലർ അപുത്രരും, രൂക്ഷസ്വഭാവികളും, തേജോഹീനരുമാകുന്നു. അവർ ഭാരദ്വാജസഗോത്രീയർ; പഞ്ചപ്രവരങ്ങളാൽ യുക്തരെന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.
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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.