Mantra 5
Agni as the powerful guide of the sacrifice who grants safe passage to wealth, strength, and divine order (ṛta)
प्रातरग्निः पुरुप्रियो विष स्तवेतातिथिः विश्वे यस्मिन्नमर्त्ये हव्यं मर्तास इन्धते
prātaragniḥ purupriyo viṣa stavetātithiḥ viśve yasminnamartye havyaṃ martāsa indhate
prā́tar1 agníḥ2 purupriyáḥ1 víśaḥ2 staveta1 átithiḥ2 víśve1 yásmin1 amártye2 hávyaṃ1 martā́saḥ2 índhate1
प्रातःकाळी लोकांनी अग्नीची स्तुती करावी—तो ‘पुरुप्रिय’ (अनेकांचा प्रिय), अतिथी आहे; त्या अमर्त्य अग्नीमध्येच मर्त्यजन हव्य (हवि) प्रज्वलित करतात।
prātar | agniḥ | puru-priyaḥ | viśaḥ | staveta | atithiḥ | viśve | yasmin | amartye | havyam | martāsaḥ | indhate
Agneya (generic/unspecified in input)
{ "prastava": "Morning call with stobha expansion before ‘prātar…’", "udgitha": "Main praise injunction (‘prātar agniḥ… viśaḥ staveta…’)", "pratihara": "Response emphasizing ‘atithiḥ’ (guest)", "upadrava": "Immortal paradox and kindling (‘viśve… amartye…’)", "nidhana": "Final collective cadence on ‘indhate’ (kindle) sealing the act", "structure_notes": "The verse naturally supports communal responsorial singing: people praise; priests embody the kindling.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ leads dawn prelude; Udgātṛ carries main injunction and paradox; Pratihartṛ echoes ‘guest’ motif; all close together." }
{ "gloss_summary": "In the morning, people should praise Agni—beloved of many, the invited guest; in the immortal Agni, mortals kindle the oblation.", "ritual_interpretation": "‘Prātar’ is tied to morning rite contexts; Agni as ‘atithi’ is ritually invited to receive havis; the phrase ‘mortals kindle in the immortal’ highlights the sacrificial paradox of human action sustaining a divine presence.", "theological_insight": "The immortal is made present through invitation and offering; devotion is enacted as hospitality, renewing divine-human reciprocity daily.", "etymology_highlights": "atithi as ‘a-tithi’ (not fixed by date) i.e., one who arrives to be welcomed; amartya as ‘not subject to death’ underscoring Agni’s divine continuity." }