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Shloka 44

Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative

Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda

शक्र उवाच अध्वर्यवे दुहितरं ददातु छन्‍्दोगे वा चरितब्रह्मचर्ये । अथर्वणं वेदमधीत्य वि्र: स्‍्नायीत य: पुष्करमाददाति,इन्द्र बोले--ब्रह्मय)! जो आपका कमल ले गया हो, वह ब्रह्मचर्य व्रतको पूर्ण करके आये हुए यजुर्वेदी अथवा सामवेदी विद्वानको कन्यादान दे। अथवा वह ब्राह्मण अथर्ववेदका अध्ययन पूरा करके शीघ्र ही स्नातक बन जाय

śakra uvāca | adhvaryave duhitaraṃ dadātu chāndoge vā carita-brahmacarye | atharvaṇaṃ vedam adhītya vīraḥ snāyīta yaḥ puṣkaram ādadāti ||

シャクラ(インドラ)は言った。「蓮華を取った者は、学識あるアドヴァリュ(ヤジュル・ヴェーダの祭官)に、あるいは梵行(ブラフマチャリヤ)の修行を成就したチャンドーガ(サーマ・ヴェーダの詠唱者)に、娘を嫁がせよ。さもなくば、アタルヴァ・ヴェーダを全うして学び終え、速やかにスナータカ(学徒の誓戒を終えた卒業者)となれ、勇者よ。」

शक्रःŚakra (Indra)
शक्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
अध्वर्यवेto an adhvaryu-priest (Yajurvedic priest)
अध्वर्यवे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर्यु
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
दुहितरम्daughter
दुहितरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
ददातुlet (him) give
ददातु:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormImperative, 3rd, Singular
छन्दोगेin/for a Chāndoga (Sāmavedin)
छन्दोगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootछन्दोग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
चरित-ब्रह्मचर्येin/for one who has completed brahmacarya
चरित-ब्रह्मचर्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootचरितब्रह्मचर्य
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अथर्वणम्Atharvan (pertaining to Atharvaveda)
अथर्वणम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअथर्वण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वेदम्Veda
वेदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अधीत्यhaving studied
अधीत्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि-इ
Formक्त्वा (absolutive)
विप्रःa brahmin
विप्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्नायीतshould bathe (i.e., become a स्नातक)
स्नायीत:
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना
FormOptative, 3rd, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुष्करम्lotus (here: the lotus)
पुष्करम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्कर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आददातिtakes away / seizes
आददाति:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-दा
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular

शक्र उवाच

Ś
Śakra (Indra)
A
Adhvaryu (Yajurvedic priest)
C
Chāndoga (Sāmavedic chanter)
A
Atharvaveda
P
Puṣkara (lotus)

Educational Q&A

The verse links social privileges and restitution (such as arranging a proper marriage alliance) to Vedic learning and disciplined conduct: the worthy recipients are those trained in Vedic tradition and who have completed brahmacarya, and the doer should complete study and become a snātaka—emphasizing education, self-control, and ritual propriety as ethical qualifications.

Indra (Śakra) lays down a directive concerning the person who has taken a lotus: he should compensate/act rightly by giving his daughter to a qualified Vedic scholar-priest (Yajurvedic Adhvaryu or Sāmavedic Chāndoga who has completed brahmacarya), or alternatively he should himself complete Atharvavedic study and promptly attain the status of a snātaka.