Mantra 5
Aindra protection and yajña-success through divine guidance, Soma-inspired resolve, and Agni as the rite’s wealth-center
क्रत्वा महां अनुष्वधं भीम आ वावृते शवः श्रिय ऋष्व उपाकयोर्नि शिप्री हरिवां दधे हस्तयोर्वज्रमायसम्
kratvā mahāṃ anuṣvadhaṃ bhīma ā vāvṛte śavaḥ śriya ṛṣva upākayorni śiprī harivāṃ dadhe hastayorvajramāyasam
kratvā1 mahāṃ2 anuṣvadhaṃ3 bhīma1 ā2 vāvṛte3 śavaḥ1 śriya2 ṛṣva3 upākayor1 ni2 śiprī3 harivāṃ1 dadhe2 hastayor3 vajram1 āyasam2
पवित्र क्रतु-शक्तीने महान्, भयंकर—त्याने तेजस्वी श्रीसह शौर्याला वेढून घेतले आहे. उंच, दाढीधारी, हरि-अश्वांचा स्वामी (इंद्र) आपल्या दोन्ही हातांत लोखंडी वज्र धारण करतो.
kratvā | mahān | anu-svadham | bhīmaḥ | ā | vāvṛte | śavaḥ | śriyā | ṛṣvaḥ | upākayoḥ | ni | śiprī | hari-vān | dadhe | hastayoḥ | vajram | āyasam
Aindra Sāman (generic; specific tune not stated in input)
{ "prastava": "Short, energetic stobha to set heroic contour", "udgitha": "kratvā mahāṃ anuṣvadhaṃ ...", "pratihara": "Response reinforcing the main cadence around śavaḥ/śriyā or harivān dadhe", "upadrava": "After-song focusing attention toward the vajra-climax", "nidhana": "Collective cadence landing firmly on ‘vajram āyasam’", "structure_notes": "Keep the ‘vajram’ segment rhythmically clear; avoid excessive ornament that would soften the thunderbolt image.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ initiates; Udgātṛ carries the heroic line; Pratihartṛ answers; all seal the vajra-cadence." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Indra is great by ‘kratu’—effective power accomplishing aims; ‘bhīma’ denotes awe-inspiring might; he encompasses strength with splendor; epithets identify him; he holds the iron vajra, the instrument of obstacle-destruction.", "ritual_interpretation": "Praises Indra to secure his favor for the sacrificer; vajra symbolizes removal of ritual impediments and enemies of the rite.", "theological_insight": "Power is sanctified when joined with śrī (auspicious splendor); Indra’s might is not chaotic but ṛta-serving.", "etymology_highlights": "kratu (resolve/ritual power); vajra (from √vaj ‘to be strong/strike’); śrī (splendor/fortune)." }