Mantra 8
Agni as the sacrificial forerunner who opens the rite, framed by cosmic illumination and Indra’s paradigm of releasing prosperity
प्रक्षस्य वृष्णो अरुषस्य नू महः प्र नो वचो विदथा जातवेदसे वैश्वानराय मतिर्नव्यसे शुचिः सोम इव पवते चारुरग्नये
prakṣasya vṛṣṇo aruṣasya nū mahaḥ pra no vaco vidathā jātavedase vaiśvānarāya matirnavyase śuciḥ soma iva pavate cāruragnaye
prakṣasya vṛṣṇo aruṣasya nū mahaḥ pra no vaco vidathā jātavedase vaiśvānarāya matir navyase śuciḥ soma iva pavate cārur agnaye
今为那伟大、赤辉而雄健的阿耆尼（Agni），愿我等之言在祭仪中前往阇多吠陀（Jātavedas）；愿献予毗湿婆那罗（Vaiśvānara）的新而清净之意念流注，如苏摩（Soma）澄明而净，甘美可悦，归于阿耆尼。
prakṣasya | vṛṣṇaḥ | aruṣasya | nū | mahaḥ | pra | naḥ | vacaḥ | vidathā | jātavedase | vaiśvānarāya | matiḥ | navyase | śuciḥ | somaḥ | iva | pavate | cāruḥ | agnaye
Rathantara (generic assignment; exact gāna requires Sāmavedic gāna-pāṭha)
{ "prastava": "o hā / hā-i (bright onset)", "udgitha": "prakṣasya vṛṣṇo aruṣasya nū mahaḥ ...", "pratihara": "ho-i (firm)", "upadrava": "... vaiśvānarāya matir navyase śuciḥ ...", "nidhana": "... soma iva pavate cārur agnaye (long resolve on agnaye)", "structure_notes": "Keep semantic pairing: vacas→vidathā→jātavedas; mati→vaiśvānara; soma-analogy→agnaye as final seal.", "singer_assignments": "Standard fivefold with communal nidhana emphasizing agnaye." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Jātavedas and Vaiśvānara are functional aspects of Agni in sacrifice; ‘pavate’ (clarifies/flows) is used by analogy with Soma to indicate purification of hymn-intent (mati) and speech (vacas).", "ritual_interpretation": "The hymn is offered as purified substance; correct, pure recitation is itself a sacrificial act pleasing to Agni.", "theological_insight": "Agni is both cosmic and internal: the universal fire receives and refines human devotion into divine reach.", "etymology_highlights": "Jātavedas ‘knower of all births/creatures’; Vaiśvānara ‘common to all men’; pavate from √pū ‘to purify/clarify’." }