Rig Veda 1.30.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 30, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.30

Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gāyatrī (very likely for this famous refrain-like verse; requires scan confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

योगेयोगे तवस्तरं वाजेवाजे हवामहे । सखाय इन्द्रमूतये ॥

Transliteration

yóge-yoge tavás-taraṃ vā́je-vāje havāmahe | sakhā́ya índram ūtáye ||

Translation

যোগে যোগে, আৰু বাজে বাজে (বল-লাভত) আমি অধিক শক্তিমান ইন্দ্ৰক আহ্বান কৰোঁ—মিত্ৰসকলৰ দৰে—তাঁৰ ৰক্ষাকাৰী সহায় (ঊতি)ৰ বাবে।

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Word by Word

• योगे: in (each) yoking / at the time of harnessing
• योगे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (√युज्)

• योगे: in every yoking (repeated for distributive sense: ‘at each yoking’)
• योगे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (√युज्)

• तवस्तरम्: the stronger / more powerful (one)
• तवस्तरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तवस्/तवस्तर (तवस् + तरप्)

• वाजे: in (each) contest / for (each) prize (vāja)
• वाजे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज

• वाजे: in every contest / at every prize-winning occasion
• वाजे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज

• हवामहे: we invoke / we call upon
• हवामहे: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वा (ह्वयति) / √हू

• सखायः: (we) companions / comrades
• सखायः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र

• ऊतये: for help / for aid
• ऊतये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति