Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c15.8

c15.8

Further, references to Vadhryaśva’s fire in x, 69, 2, 4, 9, 10 show that he and its reputed author, his descendant, Sumitra, exercised priestly functions; and so also as regards Divodāsa and his fire in viii, 103, 2. Hymn i, 130, 7, 10 proves that some of the descendants of Divodāsa *the warrior* were rishis and brahmans; and x, 133 is attributed to Sudās. These allusions confirm the statements in the genealogy that Mudgala’s descendants were ‘kṣatriyan brahmans’, as will be discussed in chapter XXIII.