Mantra 9
Agni as the sacrificial forerunner who opens the rite, framed by cosmic illumination and Indra’s paradigm of releasing prosperity
विश्वे देवा मम शृण्वन्तु यज्ञमुभे रोदसी अपां नपाच्च मन्म मा वो वचांसि परिचक्ष्याणि वोचं सुम्नेष्विद्वो अन्तमा मदेम
viśve devā mama śṛṇvantu yajñamubhe rodasī apāṃ napācca manma mā vo vacāṃsi paricakṣyāṇi vocaṃ sumneṣvidvo antamā madema
viśve devā mama śṛṇvantu yajñam ubhe rodasī apāṃ napāc ca manma mā vo vacāṃsi paricakṣyāṇi vocaṃ sumneṣv idvo antamā madema
愿一切天神聆听我之祭献；愿天与地两界，及阿帕姆那帕特（Apām-napāt）亦聆听：愿我在诸神之间不吐可责之言；在你们的恩惠中，富饶者啊，愿我等极尽欢悦而陶然。
viśve | devāḥ | mama | śṛṇvantu | yajñam | ubhe | rodasī | apām | napāt | ca | manma | mā | vaḥ | vacāṃsi | paricakṣyāṇi | vocam | sumneṣu | idvaḥ | antamā | madema
Rathantara (generic assignment; exact gāna requires Sāmavedic gāna-pāṭha)
{ "prastava": "o hā / hā-i (solemn prelude)", "udgitha": "viśve devā mama śṛṇvantu yajñam ...", "pratihara": "ho-i (measured)", "upadrava": "... mā vo vacāṃsi paricakṣyāṇi vocam ...", "nidhana": "... sumneṣv idvo antamā madema (communal closure)", "structure_notes": "Do not rush the negation clause (mā ... vocam); clarity and restraint are part of the ritual ‘safety’.", "singer_assignments": "Prastotṛ / Udgātṛ / Pratihartṛ / Udgātṛ / all." }
{ "gloss_summary": "Prayer that all deities (and Heaven–Earth, Apām-napāt) hear the yajña; request to avoid ‘paricakṣyāṇi vacāṃsi’—ritually dangerous or blameworthy speech; desire to rejoice in divine favours (sumna).", "ritual_interpretation": "Faulty recitation/inauspicious utterance can impair yajña; hence a protective petition for correctness and auspicious completion.", "theological_insight": "Divine hearing implies divine governance: speech must be aligned with ṛta to receive sumna and culminate in rejoicing.", "etymology_highlights": "sumna as gracious favour/support; paricakṣyāṇa as ‘censurable/objectionable’ (fit to be ‘pointed out’ as a fault)." }