Lineage and genealogy of Brahmarshi

This debate about whether one becomes a brahmin by deeds or by birth has been going on since ancient times. In favor of those who believe that brahmins are born by deeds, the Puranas have given precise evidence that the sages who became brahmarshis through penance did not come from the semen and semen of brahmins and brahmins. Were born but due to their penance they were called Maharshi in the world, but there is also a strong side of the scholars which To be a Brahmin, one considers birth in a Brahmin clan as mandatory, the Brahmin families of our country and the entire country also recognize this second aspect, whereas the gotras of most of the sages are well known even today, on whose nobility no one can point a finger. . The entire society accepted these sages as Brahmins. We also do not want to get entangled in the dispute about the origin and lineage of Brahmins, we are describing only those gotras etc. which are prevalent at present.

It is written in Brahminotpatti Martand that the sages who became Maharshi due to their severe penance were called Brahmins, whereas they were not born from the semen and semen of Brahmins and Brahmins.

Kaushik Rishi ● Kaushik Rishi was born from a bunch of grass named ‘Kush’, hence he was called Kaushik, and due to his penance he was called a great Brahmin.

Maharishi Mrugu ● Brahmaji’s son Mrugu became a sage, Maharishi Mrugu had four wives – Kanya, Divya, Paulomi and Khyati. Divya’s son became Daityaguru Shukracharya. From his ancestors’ daughter Gava, Shukracharya had four sons Tvashta, Varuchi, Shand and Amark. Shukracharya’s daughter Devyani was born from Indra’s daughter Jayanti. Devyani was married to King Yayati. Shukracharya’s son Tvashta and Virochana’s daughter Yashodhara had two sons, Trishira and Vishvarupa. Apart from four sons, Shukracharya had twelve sons among whom Bhuvan-Bhavan were prominent. Twelve sons of Rishi Bhrigu became famous by the name Bhrigugan. A son named Chyavan was born to Rishi Bhrigu’s second wife Poulomi. Chyavan was married to Sukanya, daughter of King Sharyati. Chyavan and Sharyati had two sons named Atmavan and Dadhichi. Son Aurav was born to Ruchira, daughter of Atmavan and King Nahusha. Aurav’s son was Richik. Richika’s wife was Satyavati.

Richik and Satyavati had hundred sons, of whom Jamadagni was the eldest. Lord Parashurama was born from Jamadagni’s wife Renuka. Thousands of sons and grandsons were born from the hundred sons of Richik and Aurav. From Dadhichi’s semen and Saraswati’s semen, a son named Saraswat was born, from whom the lineage of Saraswat Brahmins continued, this will be mentioned further in the origin of Saraswat Brahmins.Lakshmi was born from Bhrigu’s wife Khyati and two sons named Dhata and Vidhaata were born from the fourth wife Kanya. A son named Pandu was born from Dhata and Meruputri Abhishek. And Mrikunda was born from Meru’s second daughter Niyati and Vidhaata. Markandeya was born to Mrikund and his wife Manaswini. Murdhanya was born from Markandeya and Vedashira was born from Murdhanya.Dhuta-Ayati’s sons Pandu and Pundarika were born Dhutiman and Sujavant. Many sons were born from the womb of Vedashira and Pibari, the sons of Markandeya and Murdhanya.

Maharishi Atri ● Maharishi Atri is believed to have originated from the eyes of the Creator. Maharishi Atri’s wife Anusuya gave birth to three sons, Chandrama, Datta and Durvasa. Many royal sages and Gotra innovator Maharishis were born in the lineage of Chandrama.

️Maharishi Pulah ● The origin of Pulah is believed to be born from the name of Lord Brahma, Pulah’s wife was Gati, daughter of Kardam. His four sons were Karma Shrestha, Yaviyan Tolerant and Vatsya. Pulah had also adopted Agastya’s son Dridashva as his son. Pulah is not among the Maharishis of the present Vaivaswat Manvantar’s Gautrakarta.

️Maharishi Angiras ● Angiras is believed to have originated from the mouth of Lord Brahma. The fourth Veda is inspired by these, hence it is also called Atharva. He is counted among the Saptarishis. Angiras had three wives Surupa, Swarata, and Pathya. Devguru Brihaspati was born from Surupa, Gautam from Swarata and Avadhay, Vamdev, Ushij, Atathya and Dhishnu were born from Pathya.Amitprabha and Brahmarshi Gargya were the sons of Angiras, Vamdev’s son was Vrihadutdha, Ushij’s was Dirghatama and Dhishnu’s son was Sudhanva. Rishis and gods were born from Sudhanva’s Rishabh and Rishabh’s cognate.
Angiras had four daughters and two sons named Bharatagni and Kirtimant from his fourth wife Smriti. Bharatagni was married to Parjanya and Prajanya was married to Kirtiman and Kirtiman’s wife Dhenuka was married to him.Rishi Gautam and Shatanand of Ahatya were born. Satyaghriti met Shatananda. Jupiter’s son was Bhardwaj and Bhardwaj’s son was Bhavamanyu. Bhavamanyu had three sons, Mahavirya, Nara and Garam. Mahavirya had many sons like Urukshaya and Urukshaya had many sons. Veeti and Rantidev were the gurus of man’s culture and tradition.Garbh became Sini, Sini became military, and military became Maharishi Garg. Garga had sons named Shini and Shini named Shainya.

Maharishi Marichi ● Maharishi Marichi’s wife was the daughter of Kala Kardam. Marichi and Kala had two sons, Kashyap and Purnamas. According to Matsyapuran (188/20) section, the entire world was created by Kashyap and Daksh’s daughters. Purnamas had two sons named Virah and Sarvas from his wife Saraswati. Viraj’s son was Sudhama and Sudhama’s son was Vairaj.Maharishi Kashyap performed penance again to get a son named Gautrakarta, as a result he had two sons named Vatsar and Asit. Vatsar’s sons were Naidhruv and Raibhya. Raibhya was born Raibhadik and Naidhruv was born Sumedha. Deval was married to Asit’s wife Parna. Maharishi Kashyap’s gotra expanded in these three years – Shandilya, Naidhruv and Raibhya.

Maharishi Kratu ● Maharishi Kratu’s wife Santati gave birth to two daughters – Pious soul and Santati. In Vaivaswat Manvantar, Kratu did not have a son, for this reason Maharishi Kratu had adopted Agastya’s son Idhamvah as his son.

King Daksh ● Daksh’s wife was Prasuti. Sixty daughters were born to Daksh. Daksh had two sons, Haryashva and Shavatnashva, but he had no children. Daksh’s daughter Sati was married to Lord Shankar.

Sage Pulastya ● Pulastya was the daughter of sage Trinabindu’s wife. From Pulastya and Idvida was born Vishrava, from Vishrava and Devvarnini was born Lord Kuber, the god of wealth. Malyavan’s daughter Pushpotkara gave birth to sons named Vishrava Prahastha, Mahapashu and Khar. Vishrava’s second wife Kaikasi gave birth to Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Surpanakha. Pulastya’s descendants indulged in demonic activities.

️Muni Vashishtha ● Muni Vashishtha is considered to be the son of Mitra and Varun, it is written in the Vedas and according to the Puranas, he is considered to be the mental son of Brahma. Parashar was born from Kardam’s daughter Adrishwanti, Parashar and Satyavati’s Krishna Dwaipayan was Vyas, Vyas’s wife Arani was born Shukdev. Jamdagni was born from Satyavati. Jamadagni was married to Kamali Renuka, daughter of the king of Ikshvaku dynasty. Parashuram was his son.

Brahmarishi Vishwamitra ● Sage Vishwamitra was the son of Kshatriya king Gadhi of Kanyakubja, his name was Vishwarath. He was married to Lopamudra, daughter of King Vaidarbha of Vidarbha. Apart from the Saptarshas of the present Vaivaswat Manvattar – Gautam, Bharadwaj, Vishwamitra, Jamadagni, Vashishtha, Kashyap and Atri, the seventh Gautrakarta sages are there.

Sage Vatsa ● Vatsa is one of the seven Ganas of Bhrigu. These were classified in Jamadagni Paksha. According to Panchvinsh Brahmin, he was successful by giving him a fire test to prove his lineage purity ahead of Megha Tithi.

️King Manu ● Manu is the first man (Kshatriya) of human race. Manu, the lord of the entire earth, is known by fourteen names, fourteen periods of time, and he is the first creator of each Manvattar. The first Manu is said to be by the name Swayambhuva, after Swayambhuva, the era of six Manus named Swarochish, Autrami, Tamas, Raivat and Chakshusha respectively has ended,Presently we are living in the era of seventh Manu Vaivaswat, Maharishi Kardam’s daughter Shraddha was the wife of Vaivaswat. The first Kshatriya of the ruling clan of Ayodhya is Vaivaswat Manu, the father of Ikshvaku dynasty.

Description of prevalent Gotra, Shakha and Sutra

Every person of Brahmin community belongs to some Gotra, Shakha Sutra, Guna, Paksha, hence it is important to consider these also.

Gotra ● Wherever the lineage of a person of any lineage starts, the Gotra of that lineage becomes popular in its name, everyone knows that a Brahmin person is the descendant of some sage or the other, thus the society which is related to the sage. Started, he is said to be a descendant of that sage’s gotra. For example, the lineage that started from sage Vashishtha is called their gotra Vashishtha.

Gotras first originated in the Brahmin class. When the Brahmin class expanded, to establish their identity they created gotras in the name of their ancestors. The great sages of these gotras – Angira, Bhrigu. There were Atri, Kashyap, Vashishtha, Agastya and Kaushik.

Gana ● The Rishi families which have been considered as a unit in terms of marriage, in which they cannot marry, all of them were considered as one Gana, a person from one Gana will marry only in another Gana. From Gana, Pakshas were formed and from Pakshas, ​​branches were formed.

Pravara ● Pravara means “best”. The ancestors and great sages of Gautrakaras are called Pravara. According to the Puranas and Smritis and Dr. Rajbali Pandey says that “the word Pravara is not as old as the Gotra” like Asit Devan etc. are the descendants of Kashyap Rishi and are also the Pravaras of Kashyap Gotra. In this way, the people who became great among the people who became great after the founder of Gotra, Bhool Rishi, are called ‘Pravara’ of that Gotra.

Vedas ● The compositions of the Vedas originated from the conscience of the sages, at the time of the origin of the Vedas, the art of writing had not been invented, hence the Veda mantras were read or memorized by listening. Since no single sage could memorize all the four Vedas. Therefore, the burden of protecting the verses which the sages of the Gotra studied, taught, propagated and published fell on that Gotra.After this, the responsibility of protecting it remains on his children only. Therefore, it is important for every Brahmin to know the names of Vedas.

Upveda ● The system of livelihood was adopted by Gautrakar sages. Such systems proved helpful through various Upvedas. Every Veda also has an Upveda, like Upveda of Rigveda is Ayurveda, Dhanurveda of Yajurveda, Gandharva Veda of Samaveda and Sthapatya Veda of Atharvaveda.

Branch ● When the sages of a particular Gotra established the tradition of studying one Veda for each Gotra, and when a person from one Gotra became unable to completely study the ‘Veda’ prescribed for that Gotra, then the sages started the Vedic tradition. To keep them alive, branches were created, thus making it necessary for each gotra to fully study any branch of its Veda.

Sutras ● When it became difficult for Gautra followers to study any one branch of the Veda, the later sages converted the branches into subtle, sutra form, thus it is essential for every Gautra follower to know his sutra.

Branch ● The tradition of tying a braid was introduced for every Brahmin to maintain his identity according to his gotra. In some Gotras the knot was tied from the right side and in others from the left side.

Paad ● Paad is also a tradition of maintaining the identity of one’s lineage. Some Gotra people wash their right foot first, while some Gotra people wash their left foot first.

Deities ● Those who study each Veda or branch worship a branch deity, that is their family deity.

Original place ● The original place where the Gotrakars lived and started their dynasty was called their original place or rule and the identity of their Gotra was based on this.

Direction or Door ● The direction in which a person sits in the Yagya Mandap is the direction or door of that Gotra member. This also created the identity of the clan.