The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
कल्पवासिकसंज्ञानां तेषामपि जने गताः । सनकाद्यास्ततस्तेषां वैराजास्तपसि स्थिताः । तेषां सत्यगता मुक्ताः इत्येषा पितृसंततिः ॥ १३.२८ ॥
kalpavāsikasaṃjñānāṃ teṣām api jane gatāḥ | sanakādyās tatas teṣāṃ vairājās tapasi sthitāḥ | teṣāṃ satyagatā muktā ityeṣā pitṛsaṃtatiḥ || 13.28 ||
Ci znani jako Kalpawāsikowie również przeszli do świata istot. Następnie pośród nich Sanaka i inni, zwani Wairādżami, pozostali ugruntowani w tapas, dyscyplinie ascetycznej. Z nich ci, którzy osiągnęli Satię, sferę prawdy, zostali wyzwoleni. Tak opisana jest ta linia Pitṛów, klas przodków.
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It preserves a Purāṇic-style classification of ancestral (Pitṛ) or primordial lineages, linking cosmological taxonomy with ascetic ideals and liberation—an important feature of early medieval Sanskrit encyclopedic literature.
No terrestrial geography is specified; the verse refers instead to cosmological realms, notably ‘Satya’ (commonly understood as Satyaloka/Brahmaloka in Purāṇic cosmology).
The verse foregrounds tapas (disciplined ascetic practice) and truth-oriented attainment as a pathway associated with liberation, presented descriptively rather than as a prescriptive command.
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