Shantikamalakara 1.12_347.1

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śrī gurubhyonnamaḥ ---- athāpastaṃbhīya pravarakhaṇḍaḥ ---- pravarānvyākhyāsyāma ārṣeyaṃ vṛṇītebaṃdho revanaityatho santatyā iti vijñāyatena devairna manuṣyai rārṣeyaṃ vṛṇīta ṛṣībhire vārṣeyaṃ vṛṇīta iti vijñāyata ārṣeya manvā caṣṭarṣiṇāhi devāḥ puruṣamanu budhyanta iti vijñāyate yovānya ssannathānya syārṣeyeṇa pravṛṇītesavā asyatadṛṣiriṣṭaṃ vītaṃ vṛṅtka iti vijñāyate tīsvṛtīte mantrakṛto vṛṇīte dvauvṛṇīte trīnvṛṇīte na caruro vvaṇītena paṃcāti pravṛṇīta iti vijñāyata ita ūrthvānadhvaryu vṛṇīte mutorvāco hoteti vijñāyate pūrohitasya pravareṇa rājā pravṛṇīta iti vijñāyate bhṛguṇāme vāgre vyākhyāsyāmo jāmadagnya vatsāsteṣāṃ paṃcārṣeyo bhārgavacyāva nāpnavā naurva jāmadagvyeti jamadagni vadhūrva vadapnavā navacchyavana vadbhṛguvadi titryārṣeyamu haike bhārgavaurva jāmadagnyetijamadagni vadūrva vadbhṛgu vadityeṣa evā vikṛta ssārvavarṇī jīvantijā bālyaitiśāyana vairohityā vaṭa maṇḍūṣācīna yogyā nāmathāṣṭrīṣeṇānāṃ paṃcārṣeyo bārgavacyāva nāpnavāvārṣīṣeṇā nūpetyanū pavadarṣī ṣeṇa padapna vānavaccyavana vadbhṛgu vadititryārṣeyamuhaike bhārgavāṣī ṣeṇānū petyanūpa vadaṣṇrīṣeṇa nadbhṛgu vaditi .. 1 ..

Salutations to the venerable Gurus. Now begins the section on pravaras according to Āpastamba: We shall explain the pravaras. He chooses the ancestral lineage (ārṣeya). 'Lest he be cut off from lineage, and for continuity,' it is known [from scripture]. 'He does not choose ancestral lineage through gods, nor through mortals; he chooses ancestral lineage only through the ṛṣis,' it is known [from scripture]. 'He recites the ancestral lineage, for through the ṛṣi the gods recognize a man,' it is known [from scripture]. 'Whoever, being one person, chooses the ancestral lineage of another, his ṛṣi takes away whatever is sacrificed and enjoyed,' it is known [from scripture]. He recites them; he chooses the mantra-makers. He chooses two, he chooses three; 'he does not choose four, he does not choose more than five,' it is known [from scripture]. 'From here upward the adhvaryu chooses; from the other direction the hotṛ,' it is known [from scripture]. 'A king chooses with the pravara of his purohita,' it is known [from scripture]. First, we shall explain [the lineages] of the Bhṛgus: The Jāmadagnya-Vatsas. For them, there is a five-ṛṣi lineage: 'Bhārgava, Cyāvana, Āpnavāna, Aurva, Jāmadagnya,' like Jamadagni, like Ūrva, like Apnavāna, like Cyavana, like Bhṛgu. Some, however, say a three-ṛṣi lineage: 'Bhārgava, Aurva, Jāmadagnya,' like Jamadagni, like Ūrva, like Bhṛgu. This very [pravara] is unmodified for all classes: Jīvanti, Jābāli, Aitiśāyana, Vairohitya, Vaṭamaṇḍūṣā, and Cīnayogya lineages. Now, for the Ārṣṭiṣeṇas, there is a five-ṛṣi lineage: 'Bhārgava, Cyāvana, Āpnavāna, Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, Anūpa,' like Anūpa, like Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, like Apnavāna, like Cyavana, like Bhṛgu. Some, however, say a three-ṛṣi lineage: 'Bhārgava, Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, Anūpa,' like Anūpa, like Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, like Bhṛgu. || 1