Mantra 2
Aindra praise of Indra’s irresistible might, affirmed through repeated soma-invitation and communal submission
वृकश्चिदस्य वारण उरामथिरा वयुनेषु भूषति सेमं न स्तोमं जुजुषाण आ गहीन्द्र प्र चित्रया धिया
vṛkaścidasya vāraṇa urāmathirā vayuneṣu bhūṣati semaṃ na stomaṃ jujuṣāṇa ā gahīndra pra citrayā dhiyā
vṛkaś1 cid asya vāraṇaḥ1 urāmathirā2 vayuneṣu2 bhūṣati1 | sa1 imaṃ naḥ1 stomaṃ1 jujuṣāṇaḥ2 ā2 gahi1 indra1 pra1 citrayā2 dhiyā2
إندرا—وإن كانَ ضاريًا كالذئب، دافعًا للعدوّ، واسعَ الإهاجة—يُمَجَّدُ في الـvayuna (السننِ المقدّسة). فاقبَلْ هذا الـstoma (نشيدَ الثناء) منّا برِضًا، وتعالَ إلى هنا، يا إندرا، بـdhī (قصدٍ/إلهام) مُتَلَأْلِئٍ متعدّدِ البهاء.
vṛkaḥ-cit | asya | vāraṇaḥ | urā-mathi-rāḥ | vayuneṣu | bhūṣati | saḥ | imam | naḥ | stomam | jujuṣāṇaḥ | ā | gahi | indra | pra | citrayā | dhiyā
Indra-stotra (Aindra) — tune unspecified in input
{ "prastava": "(Stobha-led prelude; commonly ‘hā/ho/i’ expansions preceding the text in Aindra melodies)", "udgitha": "vṛkaścid asya vāraṇa urāmathirā vayuneṣu bhūṣati", "pratihara": "semaṃ na stomaṃ jujuṣāṇaḥ", "upadrava": "ā gahi indra", "nidhana": "pra citrayā dhiyā", "structure_notes": "Text is segmented to highlight: (1) Indra’s epithets, (2) acceptance of stoma, (3) invitatory arrival, (4) concluding ‘bright intention’ as nidhana-cadence.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ begins with prastāva; Udgātṛ carries udgītha and upadrava; Pratihartṛ responds with pratihāra; Nidhana is commonly joined/confirmed by the group per śākhā practice." }
{ "gloss_summary": "‘vayuneṣu’ = yajña-karmasu; Indra is praised/embellished therein. ‘stoma’ is the liturgical stotra; ‘jujuṣāṇa’ indicates acceptance; ‘ā gahi’ is the formal invitation.", "ritual_interpretation": "The verse functions as an invitatory within stotra-performance, requesting Indra’s presence to empower the sacrificial sequence.", "theological_insight": "Divine power is not coerced but welcomed through ordered rite and praise; acceptance (jujuṣāṇa) signals grace responding to correct performance.", "etymology_highlights": "vāraṇa as ‘nivāraka’ (warder-off); vayuna as ‘vidhi/krama’ (procedure); stoma as ‘stuti-stotra’ (praise-song)." }