Rigvidhana 1.1.1

1.1.1

svayambhuve brahmaṇe viśvagoptre namaskṛtvā mantradṛgbhyas tathaiva./
vivakṣur asmy ṛgvidhānam purāṇam purādṛṣṭam ṛṣibhir mantra dṛgbhiḥ.//

Having bowed to Svayambhū Brahman, the protector of the universe, and likewise to the seers of the mantras, / I wish to proclaim the ancient Ṛgvidhāna, seen in the past by the ṛṣis, the seers of the mantras.