Mantra 1

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

योगेयोगे तवस्तरं वाजेवाजे हवामहे । सखाय इन्द्रमूतये

IAST Transliteration

yóge-yoge tavástaraṃ vā́je-vā́je havāmahe | sákhāya índram ūtáye ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

At every yoking, at every prize, we comrades call upon Indra, the mightier, for aid.

Word by Word

• योगे: in (each) occasion/connection (yoga)
• योगे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक; युज्-धातु से) / योग

• योगे: in (each) occasion
• योगे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक; युज्-धातु से) / योग

• तवस्तरम्: the stronger/mightier (one)
• तवस्तरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (comparative)
• Root: तवस्तर (प्रातिपदिक; तवस् ‘बल’ से तुलनात्मक) / तवस्तर

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

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

• हवामहे: we invoke/call
• हवामहे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वा (धातु) / √ह्वा

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

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (well-known Indra refrain; later widely reused)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (short, refrain-like)

Mantra Rasa

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