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 ||
Шакра сказал: «Пусть тот, кто взял лотос, выдаст свою дочь замуж за учёного адхварью (жреца Яджурведы) или за чандогу (певца Самаведы), завершившего обет брахмачарьи. Или же, полностью изучив Атхарваведу, пусть тот человек — о герой — без промедления станет снатака (выпускником, окончившим ученический обет).»
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.