Mantra 4
Aindra stuti as protective and cosmic sovereignty—Indra’s might expressed through solar greatness, household stability, and riddle-like ritual symbolism
बण्महां असि सूर्य बडादित्य महां असि महस्ते सतो महिमा पनिष्टम मह्ना देव महां असि
baṇmahāṃ asi sūrya baḍāditya mahāṃ asi mahaste sato mahimā paniṣṭama mahnā deva mahāṃ asi
baṭ mahāṃ2 asi sūrya baṭ āditya mahāṃ2 asi | mahaḥ te sataḥ mahimā paniṣṭama mahnā deva mahāṃ2 asi ||
ഹേ സൂര്യ, നീ മഹാൻ; ഹേ ആദിത്യ, നീ മഹാൻ. നിന്റെ സത്യ മഹിമ മഹത്തായതു—അത്യുത്തമം. ഹേ ദേവ, നിന്റെ മഹത്താൽ നീ മഹാൻ.
baṭ | mahān | asi | sūrya | baṭ | āditya | mahān | asi | mahaḥ | te | sataḥ | mahimā | paniṣṭamam | mahnā | deva | mahān | asi
Aindra-stotra (tune unspecified in input; commonly set to an Aindra sāman in this decad)
baṭ
{ "prastava": "baṭ … (stobha-led opening; typically prastotṛ establishes the melodic frame on the initial exclamation and deity-name)", "udgitha": "mahāṃ asi sūrya … mahāṃ asi āditya … (main stuti cycles; udgātṛ carries the long holds)", "pratihara": "Responsive confirmation on the repeated ‘mahāṃ asi’ cadence (pratihartṛ mirrors the udgītha closing contour)", "upadrava": "mahaḥ te sataḥ mahimā … (after-song elaboration; returns to ‘mahnā deva’)", "nidhana": "mahāṃ asi (final collective settling on the concluding cadence)", "structure_notes": "Because this is a stuti with refrains, the Sāman structure often maps refrains to cadence points; ‘baṭ’ functions as a stobha-prop to extend the prastāva and re-entry points.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ: prastāva; Udgātṛ: udgītha+upadrava; Pratihartṛ: pratihāra; all three join/resolve at nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "‘Mahān asi’ is repeated as stuti to intensify invocation. ‘Sataḥ mahimā’ is the unfailing greatness belonging to satya (truth/being).", "ritual_interpretation": "Praise strengthens the calling (āhvāna) so the deity becomes present to receive Soma; repetition is an arthavāda-like reinforcement within stotra performance.", "theological_insight": "Greatness is grounded in sat (truth), not merely power; solar divinity is the manifest form of reliable order (ṛta).", "etymology_highlights": "sat—‘that which is’; mahimā—‘greatness/glory’; Āditya—belonging to Aditi (unboundedness) implying inexhaustible radiance." }