[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Saṃhitās (mantra collections)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita) › [Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) › 1.1 # Rigveda 1.1 Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1.1) a̱gnim ī̍ḻe pu̱rohi̍taṁ ya̱jñasya̍ de̱vam ṛ̱tvija̍m | hotā̍raṁ ratna̱dhāta̍mam || > I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice, The hotar, lavishest of wealth. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1.2) a̱gniḥ pūrve̍bhi̱r ṛṣi̍bhi̱r īḍyo̱ nūta̍nair u̱ta | sa de̱vām̐ eha va̍kṣati || > Worthy is Agni to be praised by living as by ancient seers. He shall bring hitherward the Gods. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1.3) a̱gninā̍ ra̱yim a̍śnava̱t poṣa̍m e̱va di̱ve-di̍ve | ya̱śasa̍ṁ vī̱rava̍ttamam || > Through Agni man obtaineth wealth, yea, plenty waxing day by day, Most rich in heroes, glorious. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1.4) agne̱ yaṁ ya̱jñam a̍dhva̱raṁ vi̱śvata̍ḥ pari̱bhūr asi̍ | sa id de̱veṣu̍ gacchati || > Agni, the perfect sacrifice which thou encompassest about Verily goeth to the Gods. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1.5) a̱gnir hotā̍ ka̱vikra̍tuḥ sa̱tyaś ci̱traśra̍vastamaḥ | de̱vo de̱vebhi̱r ā ga̍mat || > May Agni, sapient-minded Priest, truthful, most gloriously great, The God, come hither with the Gods. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1.6) yad a̱ṅga dā̱śuṣe̱ tvam agne̍ bha̱draṁ ka̍ri̱ṣyasi̍ | tavet tat sa̱tyam a̍ṅgiraḥ || > Whatever blessing, Agni, thou wilt grant unto thy worshipper, That, Angiras, is indeed thy truth. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1.7) upa̍ tvāgne di̱ve-di̍ve̱ doṣā̍vastar dhi̱yā va̱yam | namo̱ bhara̍nta̱ ema̍si || > To thee, dispeller of the night, O Agni, day by day with prayer Bringing thee reverence, we come > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1.8) rāja̍ntam adhva̱rāṇā̍ṁ go̱pām ṛ̱tasya̱ dīdi̍vim | vardha̍māna̱ṁ sve dame̍ || > Ruler of sacrifices, guard of Law eternal, radiant One, Increasing in thine own abode. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1.9) sa na̍ḥ pi̱teva̍ sū̱nave 'gne̍ sūpāya̱no bha̍va | saca̍svā naḥ sva̱staye̍ || > Be to us easy of approach, even as a father to his son: Agni, be with us for our weal. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ## Translations (8) - [The Hymns of the Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-griffith.1.1.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English - [Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-geldner.1.1.1) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German - [Ригведа](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~ru-elizarenkova.1.1.1) — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian - [Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~fr-renou.1.1.1) — Louis Renou 1955, French - [Rig-Veda Sanhitá](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-wilson.1.1.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English - [Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-grassmann.1.1.1) — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German - [Vedic Hymns, Part II: Hymns to Agni (Maṇḍalas I–V) (SBE 46)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-oldenberg.1.1.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1897, English - [Hymns from the Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-macdonell.1.1.1) — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1922, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Ṛgvedapadapāṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!padapatha.1.1.1) — Śākalya, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!skandasvamin.1.4) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.1.1.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Śrutirahasya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.suddhadvaita.later.srutirahasya.3.3) — Giridhara Prapanna 1790, Sanskrit - [Nītimañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.nitimanjari.1.2-3) — Dyādvivedina, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.1) · Pramāṇa