Mantra 3
Invocation of Agni as the immortal messenger who establishes and perfects the sacrifice
अदर्शि गातुवित्तमो यस्मिन्व्रतान्यादधुः उपो षु जातमार्यस्य वर्धनमग्निं नक्षन्तु नो गिरः
adarśi gātuvittamo yasminvratānyādadhuḥ upo ṣu jātamāryasya vardhanamagniṃ nakṣantu no giraḥ
adarśi2 gātuvittamo3 yasmin2 vratāny2 ādadhuḥ2 upo2 ṣu2 jātam2 āryasya2 vardhanam2 agniṃ2 nakṣantu2 no2 giraḥ3
Agni hath been manifested, the best knower of the path, in whom they have deposited the ordinances; (him) born, the augmenter of the Ārya, may our hymns approach and reach.
adarśi | gātu-vit-tamaḥ | yasmin | vratāni | ā-dadhuḥ | upa-u | su | jātam | āryasya | vardhanam | agnim | nakṣantu | naḥ | giraḥ
Agneya (generic) Sāman; specific tune not stated in input
{ "prastava": "(stobha prelude leading into ‘adarśi’)", "udgitha": "adarśi gātuvittamo yasmin vratāny ādadhuḥ", "pratihara": "upo ṣu jātam āryasya vardhanam", "upadrava": "agniṃ nakṣantu no", "nidhana": "giraḥ", "structure_notes": "The final word ‘giraḥ’ serves as a compact nidhana, often suited to collective cadence and slight prolongation.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ prastāva; Udgātṛ udgītha+upadrava; Pratihartṛ pratihāra; all nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "gātu-vit-tamaḥ: knower of gati—course of sacrifice and path to svarga; vratāni: regulated acts/niyamas deposited in Agni; jātam: ritual birth from araṇis; nakṣantu: may our hymns reach/attain Agni.", "ritual_interpretation": "Affirms Agni as the procedural intelligence of yajña; by him the rite’s ordinances are upheld and the stotra attains its recipient.", "theological_insight": "Revelation is not random: Agni appears where vrata is established; speech becomes powerful when anchored in ṛta.", "etymology_highlights": "gātu (path) + vit (knower) + tama (superlative); vrata from √vṛ (to choose/hold fast); nakṣ from √naś/√nakṣ (to reach/attain, in Vedic usage)." }