Shloka 17
अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
विदेहराज! मेरे पितामह वसिष्ठजी
mūlagotrāṇi catvāri samutpannāni pārthiva | aṅgirāḥ kaśyapaś caiva vasiṣṭho bhṛgur eva ca ||
帕罗沙罗说道：“大王啊，最初只显现四个本源氏族（gotra）：安吉罗萨（Aṅgiras）、迦叶（Kaśyapa）、婆悉吒（Vasiṣṭha）与婆利古（Bhṛgu）。其余诸氏族，乃后世随人的行持与职分而生。那些氏族及其名号之所以在贤善之中广为人知、备受尊崇，正因开创之大圣者以苦行与自制而成就卓越。”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse grounds social and spiritual prestige in tapas (austerity) and self-restraint rather than mere birth: the foundational gotras are traced to great seers, and later lineages are said to arise according to karma/role, becoming respected through the ascetic merit of their founders.
Parāśara instructs the king of Videha about the origins of gotras, naming four primordial lineages (Aṅgiras, Kaśyapa, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu) and explaining that other gotras developed later in relation to conduct and were honored due to the austerities of their originating sages.