Rig-Veda RIG VEDA: The Rigveda Samhita is the oldest extant Indic text. It is a collection of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all, organized into ten books (Sanskr
Mandala 2 HYMN I. Agni. 1. THOU, Agni, shining in thy glory through the days, art brought to life from out the waters, from the stone: From out the forest trees and herbs that g
Chapter 20 HYMN I 1 Thee, Indra, we invoke, the Bull, what time the Soma hath been pressed. Drink of the sweetly-flavoured juice. 2 The best of guardian hath the
Chapter 19 HYMN I An accompaniment to the offering of a Mixt Oblation 1 Let the streams flow together, let the winds and birds assembled come. Strengthen this sa
Chapter 18 An accompaniment to funeral ceremonies and sacrificial offerings to ancestral spirits 1 Fain would I win my friend to kindly friendship. So may the Sage, come throug
Chapter 17 HYMN I A prayer to Indra, Identified with Vishnu and the Sun, for the love of Gods, men, and beasts, general protection and prosperity, and all earthly and heavenly blessings 1 Vanqu
Chapter 16 HYMN I On the preparation and use of holy water, with, a prayer for purification and freedom from sin 1 The Bull of the Waters hath been let go; the heavenly fires have bee
Chapter 15 HYMN I The hyperbolical glorification of the Vrātya or Aryan Non-conformist 1 There was a roaming Vrātya. He roused Prajāpati to action. 2 Prajāpati beheld gold in himself
Chapter 14 HYMN I Scroll Up On the Bridal of Sūryā, marriage ceremonies in general 1 Truth is the base that bears the earth; by Sūrya are the heavens upheld. By Law the Āditya
