Rig Veda 8.17.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 17, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.17

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (Mandala 8; specific rishi not provided in input)

Devata: Indra (invoked to drink Soma)

Chandas: Unknown (not inferable securely from provided excerpt alone)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ याहि सुषुमा हि त इन्द्र सोमं पिबा इमम् । एदं बर्हिः सदो मम ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.17.1

Transliteration

ā́ yāhi suṣumā́ hí ta índra sómaṃ píbā imám | édáṃ barhíḥ sadó máma ||

Translation

Come here—for your delight is well-pressed, O Indra; drink this Soma. Here is the sacred seat, the strewn wideness of my offering-place.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards (me/us)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• या॑हि: come!
• या॑हि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) / yā- ‘to go’

• सुषु॒मा: O very gracious/most kind (one)
• सुषु॒मा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: सुषुमा- (प्रातिपदिक) / suṣumā-

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात) / hi

• ते: of you; your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम) / tvad-

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक) / indra-

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed drink)
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम- (प्रातिपदिक) / soma-

• पिबा॑: drink!
• पिबा॑: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) / pā- ‘to drink’

• इ॒मम्: this
• इ॒मम्: कर्म (सोमम् का विशेषण/निर्देशक)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम) / idam-

• इदम्: this (here)
• इदम्: — (निर्देश/प्रस्तुति)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम) / idam-

• बर्हिः: the sacred grass (ritual seat)
• बर्हिः: अधिकारण (यज्ञ-आसन/स्थल-रूपेण) / प्रस्तुत-वस्तु
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस्- (प्रातिपदिक) / barhis-

• सदो: seat; sitting-place
• सदो: अधिकारण (sitting-place/seat)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्- (प्रातिपदिक) / sadas-

• मम॑: my
• मम॑: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) / asmad-