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
śakra uvāca | adhvaryave duhitaraṃ dadātu chāndoge vā carita-brahmacarye | atharvaṇaṃ vedam adhītya vīraḥ snāyīta yaḥ puṣkaram ādadāti ||
शक्र (इंद्र) म्हणाले—ज्याने कमळ घेतले आहे त्याने आपली कन्या यजुर्वेदी अध्वर्युला किंवा ब्रह्मचर्य पूर्ण केलेल्या सामवेदी छांदोगाला द्यावी; अथवा अथर्ववेद पूर्ण शिकून तो शीघ्र स्नातक व्हावा.
शक्र उवाच
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.