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Mantra 5

Viṣṇu’s cosmic stride (trivikrama) as the paradigm of world-order and protection, adapted to Sāman praise within Soma worship

Rishi: Dīrghatamas (traditional; śākhā confirmation needed)
Devata: Viṣṇu
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

तद्विप्रासो विपन्युवो जागृवांसः समिन्धते विष्णोर्यत्परमं पदम्

tadviprāso vipanyuvo jāgṛvāṃsaḥ samindhate viṣṇoryatparamaṃ padam

tád(1) viprā́so(2) vipányuvo(2) jā́gṛvāṃsaḥ(2) sám(2) indhate(2) viṣṇór(2) yát(2) paramáṃ(2) padám(2)

สถานะนั้น เหล่าพราหมณ์ผู้มีญาณ ผู้ยินดีในบทสรรเสริญ ผู้ตื่นรู้อยู่ ย่อมจุดให้ลุกโพลงด้วยสวดสรรเสริญให้ปรากฏ—นั่นแลคือสถานะอันสูงสุดของวิษณุ (Viṣṇu).

tat | viprāsaḥ | vipanyuvaḥ | jāgṛvāṃsaḥ | sam-indhate | viṣṇoḥ | yat | paramam | padam

तत्that
तत्:
Karma (with ‘विदुः’ understood in RV source: ‘they know that…’)
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विप्रासःthe inspired sages
विप्रासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विपन्यवःhymn-loving / praising
विपन्यवः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘विप्रासः’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविपन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
जागृवांसःwakeful, vigilant
जागृवांसः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘विप्रासः’)
TypeParticiple (Perfect active, used adjectivally)
Rootजागृवस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; from √जागृ ‘to be awake’)
समिन्धतेthey kindle / enkindle
समिन्धते:
Kriyā (predicate of the subject ‘विप्रासः…’)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√इन्ध् (इन्धते) ‘to kindle, enkindle’
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (correlative to ‘तत्’; ‘that which…’)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
परमम्highest, supreme
परमम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of ‘पदम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
पदम्step; place; abode
पदम्:
Karma (object notion: ‘the supreme step/abode’)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)

Unknown/unspecified (requires gāna mapping for UA 4.8.2.05.05)

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{ "gloss_summary": "Sāyaṇa explains that the vigilant priests, delighting in praise, ‘kindle’ or make manifest the supreme station of Viṣṇu through stuti (praise) and yajña-krama (ritual sequence).", "ritual_interpretation": "The mantra legitimizes the udgātṛ’s act: song is not ornament but a ritual instrument that reveals the deity’s highest locus, ensuring the rite’s success.", "theological_insight": "Viṣṇu’s ‘paramaṃ padam’ is the ultimate support—known through revelation and maintained by vigilant, continuous worship.", "etymology_highlights": "sam-indhate: ‘to kindle together/fully’ → ‘to cause to appear’; jāgṛvāṃsaḥ: ‘those who are awake’ → ritual attentiveness without lapse." }