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Mantra 5

Daily adoration of Agni as sacrificial power (ojas) and foe-crusher, approached with reverence at the two sandhyās

Rishi: Unspecified in input (to be resolved by concordance for SV 1.1.1.02.05)
Devata: Rudra
Chandas: Unspecified in input (to be resolved by concordance; likely a Ṛgvedic source-metre)

जराबोध तद्विविड्ढि विशेविशे यज्ञियाय स्तोमं रुद्राय दृशीकम्

jarābodha tadviviḍḍhi viśeviśe yajñiyāya stomaṃ rudrāya dṛśīkam

jarābodha1 tat2 viviḍḍhi3 viśeviśe1 yajñiyāya2 stomaṃ3 rudrāya2 dṛśīkam1

जराबोध तद्विविड्ढि विशेविशे यज्ञियाय स्तोमं रुद्राय दृशिकम्।

jarā-bodha | tat | viviḍḍhi | viśe-viśe | yajñiyāya | stomam | rudrāya | dṛśīkam

जराबोधO ‘age-awakener’ / awakener from decay
जराबोध:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootजराबोध (प्रातिपदिक; जरा + बोध) अथवा जरा- (प्रातिपदिक) + बोध (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विविद्धिknow (it)! / discern!
विविद्धि:
क्रिया (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने) — विधिलिङ्/लोट्-आदेशरूप (विविद्धि)
विशे-विशेin each clan/settlement; everywhere, in every case
विशे-विशे:
अधिकारण (व्याप्त्यर्थे: ‘प्रत्येकं/सर्वत्र’)
TypeIndeclinable (reduplicated adverbial)
Rootविश (प्रातिपदिक) / विशेष (अव्ययीभाव-भावः) — पुनरुक्ति
यज्ञियायto the worthy of sacrifice / to the sacrificial (one)
यज्ञियाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् + यत्/इय-प्रत्ययः)
स्तोमम्hymn of praise; stoma
स्तोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
रुद्रायto Rudra
रुद्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
दृशीकम्a visible form/appearance; that which is to be seen
दृशीकम्:
कर्म (स्तोमस्य विशेषण/अपेक्ष्य-वस्तु)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदृशीक (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् ‘to see’ से व्युत्पन्न, ‘दर्शन/दर्शनीय’ अर्थे)

Unknown/Unspecified (requires Sāmavedic gāna tradition mapping for this arcika index)

{ "prastava": "Stobha prelude establishing restraint before Rudra-name entry", "udgitha": "Main body through ‘jarābodha… viśeviśe’ with measured elongations", "pratihara": "Responsive emphasis around ‘yajñiyāya stomam’", "upadrava": "After-song highlighting ‘rudrāya’ as pivot word", "nidhana": "Final settling on ‘dṛśīkam’ with collective closure", "structure_notes": "Rudra-naming often placed near a strong cadence; singers keep tempo controlled to avoid ‘overheating’ the rite.", "singer_assignments": "Standard five-part sāman distribution among prastotṛ/udgātṛ/pratihartṛ; nidhana joined." }

{ "gloss_summary": "stoma is the liturgical chant employed at Soma-offering; viśeviśe indicates applicability in each community of sacrificers; Rudra is praised as yajñiya and dṛśīka (manifest/seen).", "ritual_interpretation": "A stoma-offering to Rudra within Soma liturgy, repeated across sacrificer-communities for protection and successful performance.", "theological_insight": "Rudra’s manifestness (dṛśīka) indicates experiential immediacy: the deity is encountered through correctly offered stoma.", "etymology_highlights": "viśe-viśe as distributive ‘in each viś’; jarā-bodha as ‘awakener of the aged’ (renewal motif); dṛśīka from √dṛś ‘to see’." }