Mantra 8
Aindra Soma-invocation: Indra praised as the foremost protector and drinker of the pressed Soma, whose expansive might secures the rite and its gifts.
ये ते पन्था अधो दिवो येभिर्व्यश्वमैरयः उत श्रोषन्तु नो भुवः
ye te panthā adho divo yebhirvyaśvamairayaḥ uta śroṣantu no bhuvaḥ
ye1 te panthā adho divo yebhir vyaśvam airayaḥ2 uta śroṣantu no bhuvaḥ3
天の下より降り来たる汝の道、その道によって、万馬を具する神よ、汝は駆り立てられて来たまう——諸方の界もまた、われらの呼びかけを聞け。
ye | te | panthāḥ | adhaḥ | divaḥ | yebhiḥ | vi-aśvam | airayaḥ | uta | śroṣantu | naḥ | bhuvaḥ
Aindra (generic)
{ "prastava": "o vā | (optional stobha prelude)", "udgitha": "ye te panthā adho divo yebhir vyaśvam airayaḥ", "pratihara": "uta (response pivot; may echo cadence)", "upadrava": "śroṣantu no bhuvaḥ", "nidhana": "(cadential stobha, as in gāna)", "structure_notes": "Semantic hinge at ‘uta’: shifts from describing paths to commanding cosmic audition.", "singer_assignments": "Standard three-priest distribution with collective nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "‘Panthāḥ’ are Indra’s routes of arrival to the sacrifice; ‘bhuvaḥ’ are the worlds as witnesses so the invocation is universally heard and validated.", "ritual_interpretation": "A summons aligning deity movement with the rite; makes the sacrifice publicly ratified in the cosmic assembly.", "theological_insight": "Deity’s approach is not random: it follows ordained ‘paths’ activated by mantra and rite; cosmic hearing is part of efficacy.", "etymology_highlights": "panthāḥ as ‘mārga’; śroṣantu from √śru ‘to hear’—hearing as acceptance of invocation." }