अपुत्रिण स्तथा रूक्षास्तेजोहीना द्विजोत्तमाः । भारद्वाजसगोत्रेयाः प्रवरैः पंचभिर्युताः
aputriṇa stathā rūkṣāstejohīnā dvijottamāḥ | bhāradvājasagotreyāḥ pravaraiḥ paṃcabhiryutāḥ
اسی طرح دوِجوں کے بہترینوں میں بعض بے اولاد، سخت مزاج اور روحانی جلال سے خالی ہوتے ہیں۔ وہ بھاردواج گوتر کے ہیں اور پانچ پروَر سے وابستہ سمجھے جاتے ہیں۔
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice)
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.