Rig Veda 8.17.12 — Mandala 8, Sukta 17, Mantra 12

Sukta 8.17

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

Devata: Indra

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

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शाचिगो शाचिपूजनायं रणाय ते सुतः । आखण्डल प्र हूयसे ॥

Transliteration

śācigo śāci-pūjanāyaṃ raṇāya te sutaḥ | ākhaṇḍala pra hūyase ||

Translation

ఓ శచీ-సఖా, ఓ శచీ-పూజకా! నీ యుద్ధార్థం ఈ సోమము పిండి సిద్ధం చేయబడింది. ఓ అఖండల! నిన్ను పిలుస్తున్నాము—రా.

Word by Word

• शाचिगोः: of the ‘Śaci-cow’ / of the one whose cow is Śaci (epithet)
• शाचिगोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive epithet; संबोधन-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun/Compound (Tatpuruṣa/Karmadhāraya-like epithet)
• Root: शाचि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शचि/शाची’ = शक्ति/कौशल, इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्) + गो- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘गौः’)

• शाचिपूजनाय: for the worship/honoring of Śaci
• शाचिपूजनाय: सम्प्रदान (purpose/recipient: ‘for honoring Śaci’)
• Type: Noun/Compound (Tatpuruṣa)
• Root: शाचि- (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजन- (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् ‘to honor, worship’)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: कर्तृ (of implied verb ‘is/has been [prepared]’) / deictic subject
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रणाय: for battle, for the contest
• रणाय: सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (for battle/for contest)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘battle, contest’)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (to/for you; ‘your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतः: pressed (Soma), the pressed draught
• सुतः: कर्तृ/विषय (the pressed Soma as subject)
• Type: Participle (Adjective used substantively)
• Root: √सु (to press, extract) → सुत- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; past passive participle)

• आखण्डल: O Ākhaṇḍala (Indra)
• आखण्डल: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (Proper name, vocative)
• Root: आ-खण्डल- (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य नाम; ‘unbroken/unyielding’)

• प्र: forth, strongly
• प्र: क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier/forward)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• हूयसे: you are invoked/called
• हूयसे: क्रिया; कर्ता (त्वम्) संबोधितः
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे/√हू (to call, invoke) — passive present