Mantra 3
Aindra invocation for victory and ritual success through Soma-offering and laudation
इन्द्राग्नी अपसस्पर्युप प्र यन्ति धीतयः ऋतस्य पथ्या ऽ ऽ3 अनु
indrāgnī apasasparyupa pra yanti dhītayaḥ ṛtasya pathyā ' '3 anu
indrāgnī1 apasaḥ2 asparī3 upa2 pra1 yanti2 dhītayaḥ3 ṛtasya2 pathyāḥ1 anu3
Indra and Agni, the unfailing rites and the devout conceptions advance towards you, following the paths of ṛta (the right order).
indrāgnī | apasaḥ | asparī | upa | pra | yanti | dhītayaḥ | ṛtasya | pathyāḥ | anu
Unknown/unspecified (requires UA 4.7.3.02.03 gāna mapping)
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{ "gloss_summary": "apasaḥ are karmāṇi (sacrificial operations), not generic works; ṛtasya pathyāḥ are the vidhi-mārga (prescribed śrauta procedure) ensuring correctness; dhītayaḥ are stotras shaped by rule and intention moving toward Indrāgnī.", "ritual_interpretation": "The verse validates that the rite’s acts and hymns proceed along the authorized sequence, thereby ‘reaching’ the deities.", "theological_insight": "Divine accessibility is mediated by ṛta: correctness is not mere formality but the metaphysical bridge between human act and divine presence.", "etymology_highlights": "ṛta from √ṛ ‘to fit/arrange’ → ‘that which is properly ordered’; apas as ‘sacrificial operation’ (karma) in śrauta usage." }