Mantra 8
Aindra victory and welfare: invoking Indra (and allied swift power) to overcome obstacles and secure auspicious success
इन्द्राय गिरो अनिशितसर्गा अपः प्रैरयत्सगरस्य बुध्नात् यो अक्षेणेव चक्रियौ शचीभिर्विष्वक्तस्तम्भ पृथिवीमुत द्याम्
indrāya giro aniśitasargā apaḥ prairayatsagarasya budhnāt yo akṣeṇeva cakriyau śacībhirviṣvaktastambha pṛthivīmuta dyām
indrā́ya1 gíro2 aniśitásargā́ḥ2 apáḥ2 praírayat2 sā́garasya2 budhnā́t2 yo akṣéṇeva2 cakriyáu2 śacī́bhir2 viṣvák2 tastámbha2 pṛthivī́m2 utá2 dyā́m1
To Indra are sent forth the praises, unrestrained in their utterance; he sent the waters from the bottom of the ocean: he who, by his powers, as with an axle the two wheels, firmly propped on every side the earth and also the heaven.
indrāya | giraḥ | aniśita-sargāḥ | apaḥ | prai-rayat | sāgarasya | budhnāt | yaḥ | akṣeṇa-iva | cakriyau | śacībhiḥ | viṣvak | tastambha | pṛthivīm | uta | dyām
Unknown/unspecified (requires Sāmavedic gāna-prayoga mapping for this arcika location)
{ "prastava": "Stobha prelude setting a spacious tone.", "udgitha": "First half: praises sent; waters released from the deep.", "pratihara": "Hinge at the simile ‘akṣeṇeva cakriyau’.", "upadrava": "World-support clause expanded with strong sustained notes.", "nidhana": "Cadence on ‘dyām’ (and/or final phrase) with collective settling.", "structure_notes": "The cosmic-support imagery typically invites a broadened upadrava and a solemn nidhana.", "singer_assignments": "Standard five-part distribution; chorus strengthens the final world-support cadence." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Indra’s praises are sent forth; he released waters from the ocean’s depths; by his ‘śacī’ (effective might) he supported earth and heaven, likened to wheels fixed by an axle.", "ritual_interpretation": "Release of waters signifies prosperity/rain granted to the sacrificer; world-support imagery sacralizes the rite as participating in cosmic maintenance.", "theological_insight": "Indra’s might is not only martial but cosmological—his power sustains the very framework in which sacrifice operates.", "etymology_highlights": "śacī: efficacious power/skill; aniśita-sarga: ‘uncontrolled/unrestrained sending forth’ → free-flowing praise." }