Mantra 9
Aindra praise of Indra as the Soma-empowered remover of obstruction and giver of victory and welfare
ब्रह्म जज्ञानं प्रथमं पुरस्ताद्वि सीमतः सुरुचो वेन आवः स बुध्न्या उपमा अस्य विष्ठाः सतश्च योनिमसतश्च विवः
brahma jajñānaṃ prathamaṃ purastādvi sīmataḥ suruco vena āvaḥ sa budhnyā upamā asya viṣṭhāḥ sataśca yonimasataśca vivaḥ
brahma1 jajñānaṃ2 prathamaṃ1 purastād2 vi1 sīmataḥ2 suroco1 vena2 āvaḥ1 sa1 budhnyā2 upamā1 asya2 viṣṭhāḥ1 sataśca2 yonim1 asataśca2 vivaḥ1
Brahman, das heilige Wort, entstand zuerst, von alters her; aus den zwei Grenzen trat der lichtglänzende Vena hervor. Seine Stätten sind die tiefen Fundamente; er erschloss den Ursprung des Seienden wie des Nichtseienden.
brahma | jajñānam | prathamam | purastāt | vi | sīmataḥ | su-rocaḥ | venaḥ | āvaḥ | saḥ | budhnyāḥ | upamāḥ | asya | viṣṭhāḥ | sataḥ | ca | yonim | asataḥ | ca | vivaḥ
Ārṣa/Brāhma (standard grāma-gāna; specific tune not stated in input)
{ "prastava": "(stobha-led prelude, typically ‘hā/ho’ expansions before the first word; exact Kauthuma gāna form not provided)", "udgitha": "brahma jajñānaṃ prathamaṃ purastād ... vena āvaḥ", "pratihara": "sa budhnyā upamā asya viṣṭhāḥ", "upadrava": "sataśca yonim asataśca", "nidhana": "vivaḥ (drawn out as final settling)", "structure_notes": "Cosmogonic sāmans often place the semantic ‘birth’ (jajñānam) into the udgītha for maximum sonic emphasis; the nidhana tends to lengthen the closing verb/noun to ‘seal’ revelation.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ begins prastāva; Udgātṛ carries udgītha and upadrava; Pratihartṛ answers with pratihāra; finale (nidhana) commonly unified by all three singers." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Sāyaṇa takes brahma as mantra/veda-form and the chief principle of yajña; ‘sīmataḥ’ as from the two limits/boundaries (e.g., heaven and earth); Vena as a knowledge-illuminating seer-principle; sat/asat as manifest/unmanifest; yoni as causal locus.", "ritual_interpretation": "Affirms that yajña is grounded in brahma (mantra); the chant consecrates the rite by recalling the primacy of Vedic speech.", "theological_insight": "Mantra is not descriptive but generative: it ‘reveals’ the causal womb underlying both being and non-being.", "etymology_highlights": "sīman = boundary/limit; vena linked with jñāna-prakāśa (illumination of knowing); yoni as kāraṇa-sthāna (causal seat)." }