Mantra 3
Soma Pavamāna’s purifying flow as a cosmic-ritual ascent toward the Sun and the gods
एष प्र कोशे मधुमां अचिक्रददिन्द्रस्य वज्रो वपुषो वपुष्टमः अभ्य्र्^ई3तस्य सुदुघा घृतश्चुतो वाश्रा अर्षन्ति पयसा च घेनवः
eṣa pra kośe madhumāṃ acikradadindrasya vajro vapuṣo vapuṣṭamaḥ abhyR^ī3tasya sudughā ghṛtaścuto vāśrā arṣanti payasā ca ghenavaḥ
eṣa1 pra1 kośe2 madhumā1ṁ acikradad1 indrasya2 vajro1 vapuṣo2 vapuṣṭamaḥ1 | abhyṛtasya2 sudughā1 ghṛtaścuto2 vāśrā1 arṣanti2 payasā1 ca2 dhenavaḥ1
Ce Soma, doux dans le vase, a poussé un grand cri ; il est le vajra d’Indra, le plus excellent des formes. Sur la voie du ṛta (l’Ordre sacré) s’écoulent les flots aux riches traites, comme distillant le ghṛta (beurre clarifié), et les vaches laitières du rite courent, pleines de lait.
eṣaḥ | pra | kośe | madhumān | acikradat | indrasya | vajraḥ | vapuṣaḥ | vapuṣṭamaḥ | abhy-ṛtasya | su-dughāḥ | ghṛta-ścutaḥ | vāśrāḥ | arṣanti | payasā | ca | dhenavaḥ
Pavamana (standard Soma-stotra tune; specific saman-name not stated in input)
{ "prastava": "o (stobha-based prelude, typically lengthening the opening with hā/u/ho as per Pavamāna practice)", "udgitha": "eṣa pra kośe madhumāṁ acikradad ...", "pratihara": "responsive reprise on the main cadence (often around ‘indrasya vajraḥ’ / ‘arṣanti’ segment in performance tradition)", "upadrava": "continuation and settling of the second hemistich toward ‘dhenavaḥ’", "nidhana": "cadential close with prolonged final vowel/visarga handling per śākhā custom", "structure_notes": "Actual Kauthuma gāna inserts stobhas and vowel-lengthenings; the semantic ‘cry’ (acikradat) is commonly musically highlighted by a rise and hold.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ: prastāva; Udgātṛ: udgītha+upadrava; Pratihartṛ: pratihāra; all three: nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Soma in the straining apparatus is ‘sweet’ and ‘cries aloud’ as he flows; he is called Indra’s vajra because, when offered, he becomes the cause of Indra’s strength and victory; the ‘cows’ are productive agencies of the rite (often waters/streams/pressings) yielding milk-like Soma.", "ritual_interpretation": "kośa as the straining receptacle; ghṛtaścuta and payasā as ritual metaphors for rich, clarified Soma flow; ṛta as the correct sacrificial procedure/path.", "theological_insight": "The offering does not merely please a deity; it becomes the deity’s functional power (Soma as vajra), showing identity between sacrament and divine agency.", "etymology_highlights": "kośa (container/strainer); vajra (that which is ‘hard/irresistible’); ṛta (that which is ‘rightly set/in order’)." }