Mantra 3
Agni as the ritual guide who secures prosperity (cattle-wealth) and leads the sacrificer to a protected divine ‘abode’ through correct performance
साह्वान्विश्वा अभियुजः क्रतुर्देवानाममृक्तः अग्निस्तुविश्रवस्तमः
sāhvānviśvā abhiyujaḥ kraturdevānāmamṛktaḥ agnistuviśravastamaḥ
sāhvān(2) viśvā(2) abhiyujaḥ(2) kratur(2) devānām(2) amṛktaḥ(2) agnis(2) tuviśravastamaḥ(1)
Agni, der Ruhmreichste von weitem Ruhm, die unverletzte Kraft, der krátu der Götter, der alle Angreifer überwindet.
sāhvān | viśvāḥ | abhiyujaḥ | kratuḥ | devānām | amṛktaḥ | agniḥ | tuvi-śravas-tamaḥ
Agneya (generic; specific tune not supplied in input)
{ "prastava": "oṃ / hā-ū (brief pitch-setting stobha)", "udgitha": "sāhvān viśvā abhiyujaḥ kratur devānām", "pratihara": "amṛktaḥ", "upadrava": "agnis tuviśravastamaḥ", "nidhana": "(cadential sustain on -tamaḥ; possible ā/ho in gāna)", "structure_notes": "Central theological kernel ‘kratur devānām’ placed in udgītha; ‘amṛktaḥ’ as a concise, resonant pratihāra-response.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ: prastāva; Udgātṛ: udgītha + upadrava; Pratihartṛ: pratihāra; all: nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Kratu is the efficacious sacrificial potency/intelligence by which the gods accomplish aims; Agni embodies this kratu and thus overcomes abhiyuj—obstructions/hostile forces that impede the rite.", "ritual_interpretation": "Ensures the yajña proceeds without injury (amṛkta) and successfully repels impediments to offering and chant.", "theological_insight": "Agni is not merely fire but the gods’ operative reason-power; his fame is the spread of successful ritual order.", "etymology_highlights": "kratu as ‘kriyā-sāmarthya’ (capacity for effective action); abhiyuj as that which ‘yokes against’ (hostile obstruction)." }