Mantra 5
Agni as the sacrificial forerunner who opens the rite, framed by cosmic illumination and Indra’s paradigm of releasing prosperity
ते मन्वत प्रथमं नाम गोनां त्रिः सप्त परमं नाम जनान् ता जानतीरभ्यनूषत क्षा आविर्भुवन्नरुणीर्यशसा गावः
te manvata prathamaṃ nāma gonāṃ triḥ sapta paramaṃ nāma janān tā jānatīrabhyanūṣata kṣā āvirbhuvannaruṇīryaśasā gāvaḥ
te manvata prathamaṃ nāma gonāṃ triḥ sapta paramaṃ nāma janān tā jānatīr abhyanūṣata kṣā āvirbhuvann aruṇīr yaśasā gāvaḥ
彼等智者，悟得群牛之初名；又悟“三乘七”——人间至上的称号。知其力者遂为之歌咏；于是大地之上，赤红之母牛显现，光荣赫然。
te | manvata | prathamam | nāma | gonām | triḥ-sapta | paramam | nāma | janān | tāḥ | jānatīḥ | abhyanūṣata | kṣāḥ | āvir-bhuvan | aruṇīḥ | yaśasā | gāvaḥ
Rathantara (generic assignment; exact gāna requires Sāmavedic gāna-pāṭha)
{ "prastava": "o vā / hā-yi (typical stobha-prelude; exact syllables depend on gāna)", "udgitha": "te manvata prathamaṃ nāma gonāṃ ...", "pratihara": "ho-i / hā-u response (per Rathantara practice; exact per gāna)", "upadrava": "... kṣā āvirbhuvann aruṇīr yaśasā ...", "nidhana": "... gāvaḥ (drawn out; communal cadence)", "structure_notes": "Archika verse is distributed across the fivefold sāman architecture with stobha-extensions at semantic ‘hinges’ (nāma, triḥ-sapta, āvir-bhuvan).", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ: prastāva; Udgātṛ: udgītha+upadrava; Pratihartṛ: pratihāra; all: nidhana." }
{ "gloss_summary": "‘Go’ is taken both as cows and as rays/wealth; ‘triḥ-sapta’ signals a complete ritual enumeration; ‘abhyanūṣata’ is laudation that activates the power.", "ritual_interpretation": "Knowing the proper ‘names’ (designations) is akin to correct ritual identification—ensuring efficacy and auspicious manifestation within yajña.", "theological_insight": "Revelation is not mere description: mantra-knowledge discloses and brings forth the divine order into the terrestrial sphere.", "etymology_highlights": "nāma as ‘that by which one knows’ (jñāna-nimitta); aruṇa as dawn-red radiance; yaśas as manifest splendour of successful rite." }