Posts Tagged Pravara

Towards the end of the SandhyAvandanA, I remember reciting the following:

bhArgava, chyavana, ApnavAn, aurava, jamadajnya, pancha rShi pravarAnvita
vatsa gotrOtpannaha
AshvalAyana sUtra, shAkala shAKhAdhAyih
gautama sharmaH
ahaM bho abhivAdaye
Which translates to:
Hailing from the lineage of the five excellent rShi’s namely BhArgava, chyavana, ApnavAn, aurava, jamadajnya,
Born into the vatsa GOtra,
following AshvalAyana’s sutras, student of the the shAkala shAKha,
I Gauthama Sharma,
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