Mantra 6
Agni as the manifest, wise carrier of oblations, leading the rite toward Indra’s universal sovereignty
इमा नु कं भुवना सीषधेमेन्द्रश्च विश्वे च देवाः
imā nu kaṃ bhuvanā sīṣadhemendraśca viśve ca devāḥ
imāḥ1 nu1 kaṃ1 bhuvanā2 sīṣadhema2 indraś2 ca1 viśve2 ca1 devāḥ2
এতিয়া, এই লোকসমূহত এই আহুতি আৰু স্তোত্ৰ কাক বিধিমতে নিবেদন কৰিম?—ইন্দ্ৰক, আৰু সকলো দেৱতাক।
imāḥ | nu | kam | bhuvanā | sīṣadhema | indraḥ | ca | viśve | ca | devāḥ
Aindra/Viśvedevya (generic Sāman setting; specific tune not stated in input)
{ "prastava": "(Stobha prelude framing the question)", "udgitha": "imā nu kaṃ bhuvanā sīṣadhema", "pratihara": "indraś ca", "upadrava": "viśve ca devāḥ", "nidhana": "(Unified close on ‘devāḥ’ with lengthened āḥ)", "structure_notes": "The semantic hinge is ‘kaṃ’; the naming of recipients functions naturally as response and completion, well-suited to the five-part sāman segmentation.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ introduces; Udgātṛ carries the question and main line; Pratihartṛ answers with the first recipient; Udgātṛ completes; all seal the nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "‘These’ offerings/praises are to be duly ‘seated/established’—the question ‘to whom’ is answered by apposition: to Indra and to all the gods.", "ritual_interpretation": "Correct devatā assignment of stotra and havis; ‘bhuvanā’ underscores that the rite’s reach spans the worlds.", "theological_insight": "The One sacrifice addresses many functions: Indra as chief recipient for strength, Viśve Devāḥ for completeness and auspicious totality.", "etymology_highlights": "sīṣadhema from √sad ‘to sit/seat/establish’; ‘kaṃ’ resolved by explicit naming—an example of Vedic interrogative used for emphatic orientation." }