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Mantra 5

Viṣṇu’s cosmic stride (trivikrama) as the paradigm of world-order and protection, adapted to Sāman praise within Soma worship

Rishi: Dīrghatamas (traditional; śākhā confirmation needed)
Devata: Viṣṇu
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

तद्विप्रासो विपन्युवो जागृवांसः समिन्धते विष्णोर्यत्परमं पदम्

tadviprāso vipanyuvo jāgṛvāṃsaḥ samindhate viṣṇoryatparamaṃ padam

tád(1) viprā́so(2) vipányuvo(2) jā́gṛvāṃsaḥ(2) sám(2) indhate(2) viṣṇór(2) yát(2) paramáṃ(2) padám(2)

Itu (kedudukan) para vipra—yang terilham, yang bersuka pada pujian, yang berjaga—menyalakannya dan menzahirkannya dengan nyanyian; itulah kedudukan tertinggi Viṣṇu.

tat | viprāsaḥ | vipanyuvaḥ | jāgṛvāṃsaḥ | sam-indhate | viṣṇoḥ | yat | paramam | padam

तत्that
तत्:
Karma (with ‘विदुः’ understood in RV source: ‘they know that…’)
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विप्रासःthe inspired sages
विप्रासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विपन्यवःhymn-loving / praising
विपन्यवः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘विप्रासः’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविपन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
जागृवांसःwakeful, vigilant
जागृवांसः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘विप्रासः’)
TypeParticiple (Perfect active, used adjectivally)
Rootजागृवस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; from √जागृ ‘to be awake’)
समिन्धतेthey kindle / enkindle
समिन्धते:
Kriyā (predicate of the subject ‘विप्रासः…’)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√इन्ध् (इन्धते) ‘to kindle, enkindle’
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (correlative to ‘तत्’; ‘that which…’)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
परमम्highest, supreme
परमम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of ‘पदम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
पदम्step; place; abode
पदम्:
Karma (object notion: ‘the supreme step/abode’)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)

Unknown/unspecified (requires gāna mapping for UA 4.8.2.05.05)

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{ "gloss_summary": "Sāyaṇa explains that the vigilant priests, delighting in praise, ‘kindle’ or make manifest the supreme station of Viṣṇu through stuti (praise) and yajña-krama (ritual sequence).", "ritual_interpretation": "The mantra legitimizes the udgātṛ’s act: song is not ornament but a ritual instrument that reveals the deity’s highest locus, ensuring the rite’s success.", "theological_insight": "Viṣṇu’s ‘paramaṃ padam’ is the ultimate support—known through revelation and maintained by vigilant, continuous worship.", "etymology_highlights": "sam-indhate: ‘to kindle together/fully’ → ‘to cause to appear’; jāgṛvāṃsaḥ: ‘those who are awake’ → ritual attentiveness without lapse." }