Mantra 4
Aindra stotra: praising and summoning Indra to partake of the fostering Soma and to grant protection and bounty
इन्द्राय मद्वने सुतं परि ष्टोभन्तु नो गिरः अर्कमर्चन्तु कारवः
indrāya madvane sutaṃ pari ṣṭobhantu no giraḥ arkamarcantu kāravaḥ
indrāya1 madvane2 sutaṃ1 pari2 ṣṭobhantu2 naḥ2 giraḥ2 arkam1 arcantu2 kāravaḥ2
Bagi Indra, untuk kegembiraannya, Soma yang diperah (suta) ini; biarlah suara kami bergema mengelilingi-Nya; biarlah para penyanyi (kāravaḥ) melagukan arka sebagai pujian.
indrāya | madvane | sutam | pari | ṣṭobhantu | naḥ | giraḥ | arkam | arcantu | kāravaḥ
Aindra (generic; specific gāna not supplied in input)
{ "prastava": "(stobha prelude; often extended to set the ‘surrounding resonance’)", "udgitha": "indrāya madvane sutaṃ pari", "pratihara": "ṣṭobhantu naḥ giraḥ", "upadrava": "arkam arcantu kāravaḥ", "nidhana": "(cadential closure; collective settling)", "structure_notes": "The semantic of ‘ṣṭobhantu’ aligns with pratihāra as an answering ‘resound!’; upadrava carries the climactic ‘arkam arcantu’.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ prastāva; Udgātṛ udgītha+upadrava; Pratihartṛ pratihāra; all nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "madvane = madārthaṃ, for Indra’s exhilaration; sutam = expressed Soma; ṣṭobhantu = uccaiḥ stuvantu, let them loudly praise; aligns naturally with Sāma singing.", "ritual_interpretation": "At the moment of prepared Soma, singers intensify praise to empower the offering and delight Indra.", "theological_insight": "Soma and song are co-agents: Soma is the material essence, song the activating force that makes it efficacious.", "etymology_highlights": "mad (√mad) exhilarate; suta (√su) pressed; stobh (√stubh/√stobh) resound/praise." }