Mantra 2
Aindra Soma-invocation: Indra praised as the foremost protector and drinker of the pressed Soma, whose expansive might secures the rite and its gifts.
महां इन्द्रः पुरश्च नो महित्वमस्तु वज्रिणे द्यौर्न प्रथिना शवः
mahāṃ indraḥ puraśca no mahitvamastu vajriṇe dyaurna prathinā śavaḥ
mahā1m indraḥ puraśca no mahitvamastu vajriṇe dyaur2 na prathinā3 śavaḥ
偉大なるインドラ（Indra）よ、われらに先立ち進みたまえ。金剛を執る者（vajrin）に、その大いなる威光あれ。彼の力は、天の広がりのごとく遍く満ちる。
mahān | indraḥ | puraḥ-ca | naḥ | mahitvam | astu | vajriṇe | dyauḥ-na | prathinā | śavaḥ
Aindra (generic)
{ "prastava": "o / hā-variants (customary Aindra prastāva; specific stobha depends on gāna form).", "udgitha": "mahāṃ indraḥ puraśca no mahitvamastu vajriṇe", "pratihara": "dyauḥ na prathinā", "upadrava": "śavaḥ (with elongation as needed in sāman-performance)", "nidhana": "oṃ / hā / ho (cadential stobha per Kauthuma practice; exact form depends on the gāna).", "structure_notes": "In sāman rendering, semantic words may be redistributed across the five parts; ‘dyauḥ…prathinā’ often receives melodic expansion to paint ‘vastness’.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ sings prastāva; Udgātṛ leads udgītha and upadrava; Pratihartṛ answers with pratihāra; finale (nidhana) is joined/confirmed by the choir." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Indra is invoked to go in front as protector of the yajamāna and the rite; may his greatness be established; his śavas is the effective might that ensures success, spreading wide like heaven.", "ritual_interpretation": "‘Puraś ca’ is read as ritual guardianship—Indra leading the sacrifice safely to its fruit; ‘śavas’ is yajña-siddhi-karaṇa-śakti.", "theological_insight": "Divine power is not brute force but ordered efficacy responding to correct praise and offering.", "etymology_highlights": "śavas: strength/effective might; vajriṇ: bearer of vajra, the decisive power that overcomes obstacles." }