Mantra 3

{ "prastava": "Prelude stobhas establishing a bright tonal center; often a short ascent to ‘agne’.", "udgitha": "Main body through ‘bṛhadbhir agne arcibhiḥ śukreṇa deva śociṣā…’ with highlighted vocatives.", "pratihara": "Answering phrase around ‘samidhāno yaviṣṭhya’ reinforcing kindling/renewal.", "upadrava": "After-song emphasizing ‘revatpāvaka dīdihi’—a luminous closing flourish.", "nidhana": "Collective cadence on ‘dīdihi’ with prolonged final vowel for ‘shining’ effect.", "structure_notes": "The semantic climax is ‘dīdihi’ (shine!); musically best treated as the principal cadence target.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ opens; Udgātṛ carries the long udgītha; Pratihartṛ marks the mid-response; Udgātṛ returns for upadrava; all seal nidhana." }

{ "gloss_summary": "Agni is praised as blazing with great flames and bright divine lustre; ‘samidhānaḥ’ = properly kindled by fuel-sticks in the āhavanīya; ‘bharadvāje’ indicates the seer’s sacrificial session/context; Agni as ‘yaviṣṭha’ and ‘pāvaka’ is urged to shine forth.", "ritual_interpretation": "Ensures the fire is ritually fit to carry oblations; supports the yajña’s conveyance to the gods.", "theological_insight": "Agni’s purity (śukra/śociṣ) is both physical brilliance and moral-spiritual refinement enabling divine contact.", "etymology_highlights": "pāvaka (from √pū ‘to purify’); yaviṣṭha ‘youngest’ as ever-renewed; samidhāna from sam-√idh ‘to kindle’." }