Rigveda

ऋग्वेदः

ऋग्वेद

The Rigveda is the oldest of the four Vedas, consisting of 1,028 hymns (suktas) dedicated to the gods, arranged in ten books (mandalas).

Shlokas (1)

Rigveda · Chapter Mandala 1 · Verse 1.1

अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम्। होतारं रत्नधातमम्॥

agnim īḷe purohitaṃ yajñasya devam ṛtvijam hotāraṃ ratnadhātamam

I praise Agni, the household priest, who is the god of the sacrifice, the one who chants and invokes, the best bestower of treasure.