Mantra 5
Aindra stotra: inviting and glorifying Indra to drink the pressed Soma
इन्द्रमिद्गाथिनो बृहदिन्द्रमर्केभिरर्किणः इन्द्रं वाणीरनूषत
indramidgāthino bṛhadindramarkebhirarkiṇaḥ indraṃ vāṇīranūṣata
indram1 id2 gāthino3 bṛhad1 indram2 arkebhir3 arkiṇaḥ1 indraṃ2 vāṇīr3 anūṣata1
Indra indeed the gāthā-singers (celebrate) with the Bṛhat; Indra the hymn-utterers (praise) with their hymns; the voices have lauded Indra.
indram | id | gāthinaḥ | bṛhat | indram | arkebhiḥ | arkiṇaḥ | indram | vāṇīḥ | anūṣata
Bṛhat-associated Aindra Sāman (exact tune-name not supplied in input)
{ "prastava": "Often built on stobha and first ‘indram’ as a launching refrain.", "udgitha": "Main elaboration around ‘gāthinaḥ bṛhat… indram…’ with Bṛhat-like breadth.", "pratihara": "Responsive ‘indram…’ refrain, tightening ensemble synchrony.", "upadrava": "‘indraṃ vāṇīr anūṣata’ as after-song confirming completion of praise.", "nidhana": "Final sustained cadence (commonly on ‘anūṣata’ or a repeated ‘indra’ in gāna practice).", "structure_notes": "Because ‘indram’ recurs, Kauthuma gāna often uses it as structural joints between sections; Bṛhat association favors longer udgītha spans.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ cues refrain; Udgātṛ expands Bṛhat-like udgītha; Pratihartṛ answers on the repeated ‘indram’; all join to seal the nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "bṛhat is taken as a technical chant designation (Bṛhat-sāman/lofty stotra); gāthinaḥ are sāman-singers; arkebhiḥ are ṛk-verses used for praise; vāṇīḥ are voices that laud Indra.", "ritual_interpretation": "Differentiates liturgical roles: sāman specialists and ṛk specialists both contribute to Indra’s praise within the Soma rite.", "theological_insight": "Indra is accessible through multiple sacred media; the rite is a harmonization of disciplines rather than a single technique.", "etymology_highlights": "bṛhat from √bṛh ‘to grow/expand’ → ‘the great/lofty’ (as chant-type and as quality)." }