Mantra 1
Aindra Soma-offering: making the Soma ‘sufficient’ and exhilarating for Indra’s strength and victory
उत्ते शुष्मासो अस्थू रक्षो भिन्दन्तो अद्रिवः नुदस्व याः परिस्पृधः
utte śuṣmāso asthū rakṣo bhindanto adrivaḥ nudasva yāḥ parispṛdhaḥ
ut1 te2 śuṣmāsaḥ3 asthūḥ1 rakṣo2 bhindantaḥ3 adrivaḥ1 nudasva2 yāḥ3 parispṛdhaḥ1
โอ้ผู้ถือศัสตราวัชระ (adrivaḥ) พลังอันฮึกเหิมของท่านได้ลุกขึ้นแล้ว ทำลายเหล่ารักษัส (rakṣas) ให้แตกสิ้น; ขอจงขับไล่ผู้รุกรานที่ล้อมรอบเรา (parispṛdhaḥ) ออกไปเถิด
ut | te | śuṣmāsaḥ | asthūḥ | rakṣaḥ | bhindantaḥ | adrivaḥ | nudasva | yāḥ | pari-spṛdhaḥ
Aindra-sāman (generic; tune-name not specified in input)
{ "prastava": "hō/hā-i (vigorous prelude; gāna-dependent)", "udgitha": "utte śuṣmāso asthū rakṣo bhindanto", "pratihara": "adrivaḥ", "upadrava": "nudasva yāḥ parispṛdhaḥ", "nidhana": "ō (firm cadence)", "structure_notes": "Short vocative (adrivaḥ) can function as a compact pratihāra response, heightening the command nudasva in upadrava.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ: prastāva; Udgātṛ: udgītha + upadrava; Pratihartṛ: pratihāra; all: nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Sāyaṇa treats rakṣaḥ not only as demons but as ritual obstructions (antarāya) disturbing the Soma rite; Indra’s śuṣma is invoked as protective force; adrivaḥ suits the expulsion function.", "ritual_interpretation": "A protective chant to remove impediments and secure the sacrificial operation from disruptive agencies.", "theological_insight": "Indra’s might is the divine counterpart of the rite’s integrity: when invoked, it breaks what opposes ṛta.", "etymology_highlights": "śuṣma (force/energy); nudasva (from nud ‘to push/drive’); pari-spṛdh (encircling hostility)." }