Mantra 3
Agni as the ritual guide who secures prosperity (cattle-wealth) and leads the sacrificer to a protected divine ‘abode’ through correct performance
साह्वान्विश्वा अभियुजः क्रतुर्देवानाममृक्तः अग्निस्तुविश्रवस्तमः
sāhvānviśvā abhiyujaḥ kraturdevānāmamṛktaḥ agnistuviśravastamaḥ
sāhvān(2) viśvā(2) abhiyujaḥ(2) kratur(2) devānām(2) amṛktaḥ(2) agnis(2) tuviśravastamaḥ(1)
సర్వ అభియుజులను జయించువాడు; దేవుల అక్షత ‘క్రతు’ (అభేద్య శక్తి) — అత్యంత విశ్రుతుడు అగ్ని (తువి-శ్రవస్తమ).
sāhvān | viśvāḥ | abhiyujaḥ | kratuḥ | devānām | amṛktaḥ | agniḥ | tuvi-śravas-tamaḥ
Agneya (generic; specific tune not supplied in input)
{ "prastava": "oṃ / hā-ū (brief pitch-setting stobha)", "udgitha": "sāhvān viśvā abhiyujaḥ kratur devānām", "pratihara": "amṛktaḥ", "upadrava": "agnis tuviśravastamaḥ", "nidhana": "(cadential sustain on -tamaḥ; possible ā/ho in gāna)", "structure_notes": "Central theological kernel ‘kratur devānām’ placed in udgītha; ‘amṛktaḥ’ as a concise, resonant pratihāra-response.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ: prastāva; Udgātṛ: udgītha + upadrava; Pratihartṛ: pratihāra; all: nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Kratu is the efficacious sacrificial potency/intelligence by which the gods accomplish aims; Agni embodies this kratu and thus overcomes abhiyuj—obstructions/hostile forces that impede the rite.", "ritual_interpretation": "Ensures the yajña proceeds without injury (amṛkta) and successfully repels impediments to offering and chant.", "theological_insight": "Agni is not merely fire but the gods’ operative reason-power; his fame is the spread of successful ritual order.", "etymology_highlights": "kratu as ‘kriyā-sāmarthya’ (capacity for effective action); abhiyuj as that which ‘yokes against’ (hostile obstruction)." }