Mantra 5
Āditya-protection through ṛta (cosmic order) and the safeguarding of the sacrificer
पावका नः सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनीवती यज्ञं वष्टु धियावसुः
pāvakā naḥ sarasvatī vājebhirvājinīvatī yajñaṃ vaṣṭu dhiyāvasuḥ
pāvakā́3 naḥ1 sárasvatī2 vājébhir3 vājinī́vatī2 yajñáṃ3 vaṣṭu2 dhiyā́vasuḥ1
पावनी सरस्वती, वाजों से वाजिनीवती, वाज-दानों सहित हमारे यज्ञ को अनुग्रह करे; वह धिया-वसु (पवित्र धिया ही जिसकी संपदा है)।
pāvakā | naḥ | sarasvatī | vājebhiḥ | vājinī-vatī | yajñam | vaṣṭu | dhiyā-vasuḥ
Sarasvata (generic) — melody unspecified in input
{ "prastava": "Short, clean prelude (often minimal) to preserve Gāyatrī compactness", "udgitha": "Carries the core invocation pāvakā… sarasvatī…", "pratihara": "Brief response marking assent (vaṣṭu)", "upadrava": "Completion over dhiyāvasuḥ with gentle extension", "nidhana": "Soft collective closure, emphasizing purification", "structure_notes": "Gāyatrī-based sāmans can keep tighter segmentation; elongations are placed tastefully on sarasvatī and vaṣṭu.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ → Udgātṛ → Pratihartṛ → Udgātṛ → all." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Sarasvatī as purifier and presider over vāk and orderly rite; vaṣṭu = her consenting will that makes yajña succeed; vāja read as food/strength/dakṣiṇā; dhiyāvasuḥ = whose wealth is sacred thought.", "ritual_interpretation": "Invoked to secure smooth performance and fruitful outcome; supports correct utterance and sequencing in Soma ritual.", "theological_insight": "Divine power is experienced as purified articulation—speech becomes the carrier of sacrificial efficacy.", "etymology_highlights": "pāvakā from √pū (to purify); vāja as prize/strength/food; dhī + vasu (wealth in insight)." }