Mantra 2
Agni’s precedence as Hotṛ and the energizing flow of Soma as the effective force of yajña
सं मातृभिर्न शिशुर्वावशानो वृषा दधन्वे पुरुवारो अद्भिः मर्यो न योषामभि निष्कृतं यन्त्सं गच्छते कलश उस्रियाभिः
saṃ mātṛbhirna śiśurvāvaśāno vṛṣā dadhanve puruvāro adbhiḥ maryo na yoṣāmabhi niṣkṛtaṃ yantsaṃ gacchate kalaśa usriyābhiḥ
sám1 mātṛ́bhiḥ2 na śíśur2 vāvaśā́naḥ2 | vṛ́ṣā2 dadhanvé2 puru-vā́raḥ2 ádbhiḥ2 | máryaḥ1 na yóṣām2 abhí2 niṣ-kṛ́tam2 yát | sám1 gacchaté2 kaláśaḥ2 usriyā́bhiḥ2 ||
Wie ein Kind bei den Müttern, laut rufend, eilt der Stier Soma, vielfach behütet, mit den Wassern dahin; wie ein junger Bräutigam zur Jungfrau, die recht bereitet ist, so geht der Soma-Krug zusammen mit den rötlichen Strömen.
sam | mātṛbhiḥ | na | śiśuḥ | vāvaśānaḥ | vṛṣā | dadhanve | puru-vāraḥ | adbhiḥ | maryaḥ | na | yoṣām | abhi | niṣkṛtam | yat | sam | gacchate | kalaśaḥ | usriyābhiḥ
Pavamāna (generic) — melody not specified in input
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{ "gloss_summary": "‘Mothers’ are purifying waters; the bridegroom/maiden simile is ritualized: yoṣā is the prepared receptacle/altar arrangement; usriyāḥ are bright, cow-like streams accompanying Soma.", "ritual_interpretation": "Describes Soma moving with waters into the kalaśa during purification; niṣkṛtam indicates the vessel/space properly prepared for reception.", "theological_insight": "Soma is living and relational; the rite is a consecrated union of potency and receptivity, not mere mechanics.", "etymology_highlights": "usriyā from usr/ushra ‘reddish, dawn-like’; kalaśa as container; niṣkṛta ‘made ready/finished’." }