Mantra 2
Aindra praise and petition: Indra invoked to hear the call from all sides and bestow wealth, cattle, and heroic power through Soma-exhilaration
इन्द्रं विश्वा अवीवृधन्त्समुद्रव्यचसं गिरः रथीतमं रथीनां वाजानां सत्पतिं पतिम्
indraṃ viśvā avīvṛdhantsamudravyacasaṃ giraḥ rathītamaṃ rathīnāṃ vājānāṃ satpatiṃ patim
índraṃ1 víśvā2 avīvṛ́dhan2 samudrávyacasaṃ2 gíraḥ2 rathī́tamam2 rathī́nāṃ2 vājā́nāṃ2 sátpatiṃ2 pátim2
All hymns, vast as the ocean, have magnified Indra, the best of charioteers among charioteers, the lord, the lord of vāja, the master of the good.
indram | viśvāḥ | avīvṛdhan | samudra-vyacasaṃ | giraḥ | rathī-tamam | rathīnām | vājānām | sat-patim | patim
Unknown/unspecified (requires Sāmavedic gāna-prayoga mapping for this arcika location)
{ "prastava": "Prelude establishing breadth (often with long stobha vowels).", "udgitha": "Main body through ‘indraṃ viśvā avīvṛdhan…’.", "pratihara": "Response emphasizing the steering epithet ‘rathītamam’.", "upadrava": "After-song driving toward the double ‘patim’.", "nidhana": "Final collective cadence on ‘satpatiṃ patim’ (often lengthened).", "structure_notes": "The doubled ‘patim’ is a natural nidhana anchor; keep it sonically weighty and stable.", "singer_assignments": "Standard: Prastotṛ / Udgātṛ / Pratihartṛ / Udgātṛ / all." }
{ "gloss_summary": "‘viśvā giraḥ’ = all praises; ‘avīvṛdhan’ = have increased/magnified. ‘samudravyacasaṃ’ describes the vastness of Indra (or of the praises reaching him). ‘rathītamam’ = most excellent charioteer. ‘vājānām patim’ = lord of strength/prize/food. ‘satpatim’ = lord of the good/true; ‘patim’ repeated for emphasis.", "ritual_interpretation": "Explains the mechanism of praise as ‘vardhana’ in yajña—stotra increases Indra’s capacity to bestow vāja.", "theological_insight": "Divine sovereignty is tied to sat (truth/goodness); Indra’s lordship is invoked as ethically auspicious.", "etymology_highlights": "vāja as strength/prize; satpati as ‘lord of sat’; samudra as measure of vastness." }