Mantra 7
Aindra protection and yajña-success through divine guidance, Soma-inspired resolve, and Agni as the rite’s wealth-center
अग्निं तं मन्ये यो वसुरस्तं यं यन्ति धेनवः अस्तमर्वन्त आशवो ऽस्तं नित्यासो वाजिन इषं स्तोतृभ्य आ भर
agniṃ taṃ manye yo vasurastaṃ yaṃ yanti dhenavaḥ astamarvanta āśavo 'staṃ nityāso vājina iṣaṃ stotṛbhya ā bhara
agniṃ1 taṃ2 manye3 yo1 vasur2 astaṃ3 yaṃ1 yanti2 dhenavaḥ3 astam1 arvanta2 āśavo3 'staṃ1 nityāso2 vājina3 iṣaṃ1 stotṛbhya2 ā3 bhara1
إيّاه أعدّه أغني—هو فاسو (الثروة)؛ إليه تقصد الأبقار؛ وإليه تقصد الخيول السريعة؛ وإليه يقصد العدّاؤون المقرونون أبدًا: احمل إلينا القوتَ/الغذاء (iṣa) للمنشدين.
agnim | tam | manye | yaḥ | vasuḥ | as | tam | yam | yanti | dhenavaḥ | astam | arvantaḥ | āśavaḥ | astam | nityāsaḥ | vājinaḥ | iṣam | stotṛbhyaḥ | ā | bhara
Agneya Sāman (generic; specific tune not stated in input)
{ "prastava": "Warm stobha prelude establishing a ‘hearth’ drone-feel", "udgitha": "agniṃ taṃ manye ...", "pratihara": "Response echoing the ‘astam’ cadence, reinforcing the home-return motif", "upadrava": "After-song leading to the petition ‘iṣam’", "nidhana": "iṣaṃ stotṛbhya ā bhara (collective closing request)", "structure_notes": "Musically mirror each ‘astam’ clause for pedagogical clarity; reserve the brightest melodic lift for the final petition.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ sets warmth; Udgātṛ sustains the repeated returns; Pratihartṛ answers on ‘astam’; all unite on the nourishment request." }
{ "gloss_summary": "‘Agniṃ taṃ manye’—I regard him as Agni who is ‘vasu’ (wealth). The repeated ‘astam…yanti’ means ‘they come home to him’: cows, swift horses, and ever-yoked racers converge on Agni as the central abode of the rite. ‘Iṣam ā bhara’—bring nourishment to the praisers.", "ritual_interpretation": "Agni is the home/center (gṛha) of sacrifice; offerings and their fruits converge to him; the chanters request iṣ (nourishment) as sacrificial result.", "theological_insight": "Agni is both cosmic and intimate: the hearth where multiplicity returns to unity; through him, praise becomes sustenance.", "etymology_highlights": "vasu (wealth/good); iṣ (nourishing power); asta/astam (‘home’, from √as ‘to be’ in settled abode sense, per traditional gloss)." }