Mantra 8
Aindra invocation: Indra’s manifest presence at the rite and his vṛtra-slaying power securing success for the sacrificers
ओजस्तदस्य तित्विष उभे यत्समवर्तयत् इन्द्रश्चर्मेव रोदसी
ojastadasya titviṣa ubhe yatsamavartayat indraścarmeva rodasī
ójas1 tád2 asya2 titvíṣaḥ2 ubhé2 yát2 samavártayat2 índraś2 cárma-iva2 rodasī́2
So ist die Kraft seiner stürmischen Macht: damit umschloss Indra beide Welten, wie mit einer Haut — Himmel und Erde.
ojaḥ | tat | asya | titviṣaḥ | ubhe | yat | sam-avartayat | indraḥ | carma-iva | rodasī
Aindra (generic; specific Sāman-name not supplied in input)
{ "prastava": "Stobha-led opening preparing the word ‘ójas’.", "udgitha": "Main exposition through ‘titviṣaḥ … samavartayat’.", "pratihara": "Responsive phrase often aligning near ‘indraḥ’.", "upadrava": "Simile section ‘carma-iva rodasī’ treated as after-song with sustained wrapping cadence.", "nidhana": "Closing settle on ‘rodasī́’ with shared cadence.", "structure_notes": "Exact segmentation depends on the specific Aindra sāman mapping; here given functionally.", "singer_assignments": "Standard: Prastotṛ / Udgātṛ / Pratihartṛ; nidhana together." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Sāyaṇa glosses rodasī as dyāvāpṛthivī and reads carma-iva as ‘like wrapping with leather’, highlighting Indra’s encompassing mastery.", "ritual_interpretation": "The praise functions as assurance that Indra’s sovereignty can secure the ritual domain and the sacrificer’s undertaking.", "theological_insight": "Cosmic mastery is expressed as protective containment; the deity’s power is both expansive and safeguarding.", "etymology_highlights": "rodasī: the paired worlds; carman: hide/leather → metaphor of covering and protection." }