Mantra 4
Aindra invocation for victorious strength and sacrificial prosperity, framed by ṛta (cosmic order) and the efficacy of offering
उदुत्तमं वरुण पाशमस्मदवाधमं वि मध्यमं श्रथाय अथादित्य व्रते वयं तवानागसो अदितये स्याम
uduttamaṃ varuṇa pāśamasmadavādhamaṃ vi madhyamaṃ śrathāya athāditya vrate vayaṃ tavānāgaso aditaye syāma
úd1 uttamáṃ2 váruṇa2 pā́śam2 asmád2 áva1 ádhamam2 ví1 madhyámam2 śráthāya2 átha1 ādítya2 vraté2 vayám2 táva2 anā́gasaḥ2 áditaye2 syā́ma3
伐楼那啊，从我们身上除去最上之绳索；抛却最下之；解开其中之结。于是，阿底提之子（Āditya）啊，安住于你的誓律（vrata），愿我们无罪，归于阿底提之自由。
ud | uttamam | varuṇa | pāśam | asmat | ava | adhamam | vi | madhyamam | śrathāya | atha | āditya | vrate | vayam | tava | anāgasaḥ | aditaye | syāma
Varuṇa/Āditya sāman (unspecified tune)
{ "prastava": "(solemn stobha prelude)", "udgitha": "uduttamaṃ varuṇa pāśam asmad ...", "pratihara": "(response emphasizing the unbinding cadence)", "upadrava": "(after-song reiterating ‘vrate… anāgasaḥ… aditaye’)", "nidhana": "(collective closure; long settling tone)", "structure_notes": "The threefold noose phrase lends itself to tripartite musical emphasis across udgītha/upadrava; nidhana often lengthened to embody ‘aditi’ (unboundedness).", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ / Udgātṛ / Pratihartṛ / Udgātṛ / all." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Sāyaṇa explains the three nooses as bonds of transgression of varying degrees or triple restraints binding the offender; aditaye is glossed as ‘for release’ (a-diti: non-binding).", "ritual_interpretation": "Atonement formula within chant: by invoking Varuṇa’s power to bind/release, the sacrificer seeks freedom from faults that could obstruct the yajña.", "theological_insight": "Varuṇa’s law is restorative: obedience to vrata yields anāgas (sinlessness) and the state of Aditi—unbroken wholeness.", "etymology_highlights": "pāśa ‘bond’; śrath ‘to loosen’; a-diti ‘non-binding/undivided’; vrata as ‘that which is willed/ordained’." }