Mantra 8
Aindra Soma-invocation: summoning Indra to the pressed Soma and affirming ṛta-guided protection that stabilizes the sacrifice
उदु त्ये सूनवो गिरः काष्ठा यज्ञेष्वत्नत वाश्रा अभिज्ञु यातवे
udu tye sūnavo giraḥ kāṣṭhā yajñeṣvatnata vāśrā abhijñu yātave
ud2 u1 tye2 sūnavo2 giraḥ2 kāṣṭhāḥ2 yajñeṣv2 atnata2 vāśrāḥ2 abhijñu2 yātave2
Vers le haut s’élancent ces voix, telles des fils du rite ; dans les sacrifices elles s’étendent vers les directions, retentissantes, pour atteindre (les dieux) dans leur approche.
ud-u | tye | sūnavaḥ | giraḥ | kāṣṭhāḥ | yajñeṣu | atnata | vāśrāḥ | abhijñu | yātave
Unknown/unspecified (requires gāna assignment)
{ "prastava": "(Stobha-led prelude; commonly ‘hā’/‘ho’ patterns in Kauthuma, exact form requires assigned sāman)", "udgitha": "Main text-bearing portion on ‘ud u tye sūnavo giraḥ…’", "pratihara": "Responsive reprise stabilizing cadence on a key pada (often around kāṣṭhāḥ / yajñeṣu)", "upadrava": "After-song continuing the semantic line toward ‘abhijñu yātave’", "nidhana": "Closing cadential formula (often with prolonged final vowel), exact nidhana depends on the gāna version", "structure_notes": "Without the identified sāman, only the functional 5-part segmentation can be given; in performance, semantic ‘extension’ (atnata) is mirrored by tāna/prolongation.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ: prastāva; Udgātṛ: udgītha+upadrava; Pratihartṛ: pratihāra; all three: nidhana (with Hotṛ-side recitation occurring separately)." }
{ "gloss_summary": "‘Sons’ are the produced stotras/voices of the yajña; they rise and spread through the directions, resounding so the deity becomes aware and comes near.", "ritual_interpretation": "The chant’s pervasion of the ritual space removes obscuration and ensures the deity’s ‘notice’ (pratīti) and arrival (āgamanam).", "theological_insight": "Vāc is not ornament but agency: properly formed praise is itself a force that links human action to divine response.", "etymology_highlights": "sūnavaḥ—yajñajāḥ stotrāḥ; atnata—vistārayanti; kāṣṭhāḥ—dikṣu; yātave—āgantum/āgamanāya." }