Mantra 2
Agni as the sustaining and protecting sacrificial fire who grants prosperity and defends the rite
प्र भूर्जयन्तं महां विपोधां मूरैरमूरं पुरां दर्माणम् नयन्तं गीर्भिर्वना धियं धा हरिश्मश्रुं न वार्मणा धनर्चिम्
pra bhūrjayantaṃ mahāṃ vipodhāṃ mūrairamūraṃ purāṃ darmāṇam nayantaṃ gīrbhirvanā dhiyaṃ dhā hariśmaśruṃ na vārmaṇā dhanarcim
pra bhūrjayantaṃ mahāṃ vipodhāṃ | mūraiḥ amūraṃ purāṃ darmāṇam | nayantaṃ gīrbhir vanā dhiyam dhā1 | hari-śmaśruṃ na vārmaṇā dhana-arcim2 ||
Forth (we praise) the great purifier, the awakener, unbewildered amid the bewildering; the establisher of strongholds, led onward by hymns: do thou, O (Agni), set in us the thought (fit) for sacrifice; whose flame is wealth, as one with tawny beard is clad in armour.
pra | bhūrjayantam | mahām | vipodhām | mūraiḥ | amūram | purām | darmāṇam | nayantam | gīrbhiḥ | vanā | dhiyam | dhā | hari-śmaśrum | na | vārmaṇā | dhana-arcim
Dhiyaṃ-dhā Agni sāman (prayer for kratu)
o; hau
{ "prastava": "o", "udgitha": "pra bhūrjayantaṃ mahāṃ vipodhāṃ | mūrairamūraṃ purāṃ darmāṇam", "pratihara": "hau", "upadrava": "nayantaṃ gīrbhirvanā dhiyaṃ dhā", "nidhana": "hariśmaśruṃ na vārmaṇā dhanarcim (closing o)", "structure_notes": "Treat dhiyam dhā as the upadrava’s hinge: slow slightly and lengthen the vowel to ‘seat’ the prayer; keep the final imagery (beard/armor/wealth-flame) as a resonant nidhana tableau.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ: o; Udgātṛ: udgītha; Pratihartṛ: hau; Udgātṛ: upadrava with dhiyam dhā emphasis; all: nidhana in unified, weighty cadence." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Agni is praised as purifier and awakener, unconfused among the confused; establisher of forts; led by hymns. The supplication ‘dhiyam dhā’ is to place in us the proper sacrificial thought. Dhanārcis: whose radiance yields wealth; hariśmaśru: tawny-bearded; vārma: armor imagery.", "ritual_interpretation": "dhiyam dhā is taken as explicit ritual prayer for kratu/medhā needed to perform offerings correctly; purām imagery supports protection of the rite and sacrificer.", "theological_insight": "Agni is both cognitive and protective: he purifies error and installs right intention, making the ritual a fortified domain of order.", "etymology_highlights": "bhūrjay- ‘to purify/brighten’; vipodha ‘awakener’; dhī ‘thought/insight’; vārma ‘armor’; dhanārcis ‘wealth-flame’." }