ककारकूटकीर्त्तनफलम्The fruit of reciting the hymn of ka
Verse 39
विद्यायां वाक्पतिः साक्षात् धने धनपतिर्भवेत् । समुद्र इव गाम्भीर्ये वले च पवनोपमः ॥ ३९ ॥
vidyāyāṁ vākpatiḥ sākṣāt dhanē dhanapatirbhavēt | samudra iva gāmbhīryē valē ca pavanōpamaḥ || 39 ||
Translation
In learning he becomes Vākpati himself, in wealth the lord of wealth; like the ocean in depth, and like the wind in strength;
Word by word
- vidyāyāṁ
- in learning
- vākpatiḥ
- Vākpati, lord of speech
- sākṣāt
- himself
- dhanē
- in wealth
- dhanapatir
- (dhanapatiḥ) the lord of wealth
- bhavēt
- he becomes
- samudra
- (samudraḥ) the ocean
- iva
- like
- gāmbhīryē
- in depth
- valē
- (bale) in strength
- ca
- and
- pavana
- the wind
- upamaḥ
- like
Meaning
The images of his greatness, as the commentary says, continue from verse 37. In learning he is Vākpati, "lord of speech", Bṛhaspati, the teacher of the gods; in wealth, Dhanapati, Kubera, the god of riches; in depth like the ocean, in strength like the wind. Each comparison is to the best of its kind in the old Indian imagination.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 37.