Mantra 1
Aindra stotra: inviting and glorifying Indra to drink the pressed Soma
उत्त्वा मन्दन्तु सोमाः कृणुष्व राधो अद्रिवः अव ब्रह्मद्विषो जहि
uttvā mandantu somāḥ kṛṇuṣva rādho adrivaḥ ava brahmadviṣo jahi
út2 tvā́3 mándantu2 sómāḥ1 kṛṇúṣva3 rā́dho2 adrivaḥ1 áva2 brahmádviṣaḥ3 jahí2
May the Soma-draughts exhilarate thee; accomplish thou bounty, O Indra, wielder of the stone; smite down the haters of sacred prayer.
ut | tvā | mandantu | somāḥ | kṛṇuṣva | rādhaḥ | adri-vaḥ | ava | brahma-dviṣaḥ | jahi
Aindra (generic) — melody unspecified in input
{ "prastava": "(short stobha prelude to set energetic frame)", "udgitha": "uttvā mandantu somāḥ kṛṇuṣva rādho adrivaḥ", "pratihara": "ava", "upadrava": "brahmadviṣo jahi", "nidhana": "(jahi sustained with a sealing fall)", "structure_notes": "The apotropaic command is effective late (upadrava/nidhana) to ‘drive out’ obstruction as the musical conclusion.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ: prastāva; Udgātṛ: udgītha+upadrava; Pratihartṛ: pratihāra; all: nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Sāyaṇa explains ‘brahmadviṣ’ as those hostile to mantra and to the officiants; the prayer asks Indra to grant rādhas and to remove obstructors (antarāya) by striking them down.", "ritual_interpretation": "Protective petition safeguarding the sacrifice: Soma exhilarates Indra, who then secures the rite and grants its rewards.", "theological_insight": "Indra’s enjoyment of Soma is not indulgence but sacramental economy: divine exhilaration becomes human welfare and ritual protection.", "etymology_highlights": "adrivaḥ: ‘one who has/uses the stone’ (pressing stone); brahmadviṣ: ‘hater of brahman’; rādhas: bounty/benefit." }