The Rig Veda is the oldest of the Vedas. All the other Vedas are based upon it and consist to a large degree of various hymns from it. It consists of a thousand such hymns of different seers, each hymn averaging around ten verses.

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The Vedas can be read at many levels. Those who have heard the chanting of the Vedas by trained priests will be overwhelmed by the sounds that transport one to a different world.

In the Vedas an uplifting philosophy and a beautiful metaphysic. Some claim that the Vedas include India's pre-history. Some say it contains astronomical codes that enable us to measure anything from the distance to the moon to the movement of stars in the zodiac.

Out of about 17,000 hymns in the Vedas, slightly less than half relate to Metaphysics, which Bhagavad-Gita says is the supreme science. The remaining hymns pertain to mantras (in praise of God), scientific rituals and ceremonies and aryankas (simple rules for the old people). However, the Vedic metaphysics is meant for all ages. It relates to social and physical sciences, divine nature, cosmic laws of necessity, soul, spirit, formless and ineffable Supreme Soul and many other subjects.

The Vedic metaphysics tells us that it is the soul which makes a person separate and distinct individual. The spirit is the cause of one's social being and along with mahabhuta- five main elements and three gunas of purity, activity and stupor is the cause of good or bad actions of the individuals. Thus in the Vedas an individual is both divine and social animal, capable of doing both good and bad deeds.

The Divine Spirit is found in all parts of the subtle and gross body including nails and hair. Spirit is the one, which makes things move not only in animate but also inanimate life. Kundalini is described as the storehouse of coiled energy. Asu and Pranas are ten different vital breaths of which, seven are subtle and three are gross. While making a distinction, Vedas make it clear that God is both the Supreme Soul and Supreme Spirit. In the Vedic metaphysics this is described Parmatma - the supreme soul and Mahadeva - the supreme spirit. Being subtle in nature, His spirit even pervades in ideas, thoughts, actions, assemblies etc. Very often we say 'the spirit behind' the action, thought, desire. Thus the spirit of God pervades not only in animate or inanimate life but also in subtle concepts, ideas, actions etc., and makes the formless and ineffable God as omnipresent. The individuals who know and understand the spirit as the powerhouse of creativity in themselves, create subtle waves of nobility, love, and harmony even if they sit silently in any gathering or assembly.

The Four Vedas
Rig Veda
Sama Veda
Yajur Veda
Atharva Veda

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The Sama Veda is the Yoga of Song. It consists of various hymns of the Rig Veda put to a different and more musical chant. Hence the text of the Sama Veda is a reduced version of the Rig Veda.

The Yajur Veda is the Veda of ritual, on an inner level. It sets forth a yogic practice for purifying the mind and awakening the inner consciousness.

The Atharva Veda is the last of the Vedas. It has not always been accepted as a Veda, which are often spoken of as three. It still contains many hymns from the Rig Veda but also has some more popular magic spells which are outside of the strictly ritual-knowledge orientation of the other Vedas.

About The Rig Veda (Samhita)

The Rig Veda is the oldest book in Sanskrit or any Indo-European language. Its date is debatable. Many great Yogis and scholars who have understood the astronomical references in the hymns, date the Rig Veda as before 4000 B.C., perhaps as early as 12,000. Modern western scholars tend to date it around 1500 B.C., though recent archeological finds in India (like Dwaraka) now appear to require a much earlier date.

While the term Vedic is often given to any layer of the Vedic teachings including the Bhagavad Gita, technically it applies primarily to the Rig Veda.

The Rig Veda is the book of Mantra. It contains the oldest form of all the Sanskrit mantras. It is built around a science of sound which comprehends the meaning and power of each letter. Most aspects of Vedic science like the practice of yoga, meditation, mantra and Ayurveda can be found in the Rig Veda and still use many terms that come from it.

While originally several different versions or rescensions of the Rig Veda were said to exist, only one remains. Its form has been structured in several different ways to guarantee its authenticity and proper preservation through time.

The Rig-Veda (Sanskrit rig meaning 'praise' and veda meaning 'knowledge') is the earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas. It consists of 1,017 hymns, composed in Vedic Sanskrit. These are contained in 10 books, known as Mandalas. This long collection of short hymns is mostly devoted to the praise of the gods. However, it also contains fragmentary references to historical events, notably the struggle between the early Vedic peoples (known as Aryans) and their enemies, the Dasa.

The chief gods of the Rig-Veda are Agni, the sacrificial fire, Indra, a heroic god that is praised for having slain his enemy Vrtra, and Soma, the sacred potion, or the plant it is made from. Other prominent gods are Mitra, Varuna and Ushas (the dawn). Also invoked are Savitar, Vishnu, Rudra, Pushan, Brhaspati, Brahmanaspati, Dyaus Pita (the sky), Prithivi (the earth), Surya (the sun), Savitar, Vayu (the wind), the Maruts, the Asvins, the Adityas, the Rbhus, the Vishvadevas (the all-gods) as well as various further minor gods, persons, concepts, phenomena and items.

Some of the names of gods and goddesses found in the Rig-Veda are found amongst other Indo-European peoples as well: Dyaus is cognate to greek Zeus, latin Jupiter. germanic Tyr; Mitra to persian Mithra (who became roman Mithras); Ushas is greek Eos, latin Aurora; Agni corresponds to latin ignis;.

From the time of its compilation, the text has been handed down in two versions: The Samhitapatha has all Sanskrit rules of Sandhi applied and is the text used for recitation. The Padapatha has each word isolated in its pausa form and is used for memorization. The Padapatha is a commentary to the Samhitapatha. The 'original' text as reconstructed on metrical grounds lies somewhere between the two, but closer to the Samhitapatha ('original' in the sense that it aims to recover the hymns in the form of their composition by the poets (Rishis)).

Rig-Veda - Mandala 1

191 hymns. Hymn 1.1 is addressed to Agni, arranged so that the name of this god is the first word of the Rig-Veda. The remaining hymns are mainly addressed to Agni and Indra.

Rig-Veda - Mandala 2

43 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra.

Rig-Veda - Mandala 3

62 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra.

Rig-Veda - Mandala 4

58 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra.

Rig-Veda - Mandala 5

87 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra, the Visvadevas, the Maruts, the twin-deity Mitra-Varuna and the Asvins. Two hymns each are dedicated to Ushas (the dawn) and to Savitar.

Rig-Veda - Mandala 6

75 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra.

Rig-Veda - Mandala 7

104 hymns, to Agni, Indra, the Visvadevas, the Maruts, Mitra-Varuna, the Asvins, Ushas, Indra-Varuna, Varuna, Vayu (the wind), two each to Sarasvati and Vishnu, and to others.

Rig-Veda - Mandala 8

103 hymns, mixed gods. Hymns 8, 49 to 8, 59 are the apocryphal valakhilya, the makority of them are devoted to Indra.

Rig-Veda - Mandala 9

114 hymns, entirely devoted to Soma Pavamana, the plant of the sacred potion of the vedic religion.

Rig-Veda - Mandala 10

191 hymns, to Agni and other gods. In the west, probably the most celebrated hymns are 10, 129 and 10, 130 dealing with creation, especially 10, 129:

He, the first origin of this creation, whether he formed it all or did not form it, / Whose eye controls this world in highest heaven, he verily knows it, or perhaps he knows not.

These hymns exhibit a level of philosophical speculation very untypical for the Rig-Veda, which for the most part is occupied with ritualistic invocation.

Rig-Veda - Mandala One

Table of Contents

HYMN I - Agni

HYMN II - Vayu

HYMN III - Asvins

HYMN IV - Indra

HYMN V - Indra

HYMN VI - Indra

HYMN VII - Indra

HYMN VIII - Indra

HYMN IX - Indra

HYMN X - Indra

HYMN XI - Indra

HYMN XII - Agni

HYMN XIII - Agni

HYMN XIV - Visvedevas

HYMN XV - Rtu

HYMN XVI - Indra

HYMN XVII - Indra-Varuna

HYMN XVIII - Brahmanaspati

HYMN XIX - Agni - Maruts

HYMN XX - Rbhus

HYMN XXI - Indra-Agni

HYMN XXII - Asvins and Others

HYMN XXIII - Vayu and Others

HYMN XXIV - Varuna and Others

HYMN XXV - Varuna

HYMN XXVI - Agni

HYMN XXVII - Agni

HYMN XXVIII - Indra, Etc

HYMN XXIX - Indra

HYMN XXX - Indra

HYMN XXXI - Agni

HYMN XXXII - Indra

HYMN XXXIII - Indra

HYMN XXXIV - Asvins

HYMN XXXV - Savitar

HYMN XXXVI - Agni

HYMN XXXVII - Maruts

HYMN XXXVIII - Maruts

HYMN XXXIX - Maruts

HYMN XL - Brahmanaspati

HYMN XLI - Varuna - Mitra - Aryaman

HYMN XLII - Pusan

HYMN XLIII - Rudra

HYMN XLIV - Agni

HYMN XLV - Agni

HYMN XLVI - Asvins

HYMN XLVII - Asvins

HYMN XLVIII - Dawn

HYMN XLIX - Dawn

HYMN L - Surya

HYMN LI - Indra

HYMN LII - Indra

HYMN LIII - Indra

HYMN LIV - Indra

HYMN LV - Indra

HYMN LVI - Indra

HYMN LVII - Indra

HYMN LVIII - Agni

HYMN LIX - Agni

HYMN LX - Agni

HYMN LXI - Indra

HYMN LXII - Indra

HYMN LXIII - Indra

HYMN LXIV - Maruts

HYMN LXV - Agni

HYMN LXVI - Agni

HYMN LXVII - Agni

HYMN LXVIII - Agni

HYMN LXIX - Agni

HYMN LXX - Agni

HYMN LXXI - Agni

HYMN LXXII - Agni

HYMN LXXIII - Agni

HYMN LXXIV - Agni

HYMN LXXV - Agni

HYMN LXXVI - Agni

HYMN LXXVII - Agni

HYMN LXXVIII - Agni

HYMN LXXIX - Agni

HYMN LXXX - Indra

HYMN LXXXI - Indra

HYMN LXXXII - Indra

HYMN LXXXIII - Indra

HYMN LXXXIV - Indra

HYMN LXXXV - Maruts

HYMN LXXXVI - Maruts

HYMN LXXXVII - Maruts

HYMN LXXXVIII - Maruts

HYMN LXXXIX - Visvedevas

HYMN XC - Visvedevas

HYMN XCI - Soma

HYMN XCII - Dawn

HYMN XCIII - Agni-Soma

HYMN XCIV - Agni

HYMN XCV - Agni

HYMN XCVI - Agni

HYMN XCVII - Agni

HYMN XCVIII - Agni

HYMN XCIX - Agni

HYMN C - Indra

HYMN CI - Indra

HYMN CII - Indra

HYMN CIII - Indra

HYMN CIV - Indra

HYMN CV - Visvedevas

HYMN CVI - Visvedevas

HYMN CVII - Visvedevas

HYMN CVIII - Indra-Agni

HYMN CIX - Indra-Agni

HYMN CX - Rbhus

HYMN CXI - Rbhus

HYMN CXII - Asvins

HYMN CXIII - Dawn

HYMN CXIV - Rudra

HYMN CXV - Surya

HYMN CXVI - Asvins

HYMN CXVII - Asvins

HYMN CXVIII - Asvins

HYMN CXIX - Asvins

HYMN CXX - Asvins

HYMN CXXI - Indra

HYMN CXXII - Visvedevas

HYMN CXXIII - Dawn

HYMN CXXIV - Dawn

HYMN CXXV - Svanaya

HYMN CXXVI - Bhavayavya

HYMN CXXVII - Agni

HYMN CXXVIII - Agni

HYMN CXXIX - Indra

HYMN CXXX - Indra

HYMN CXXXI - Indra

HYMN CXXXII - Indra

HYMN CXXXIII - Indra

HYMN CXXXIV - Vayu

HYMN CXXXV - Vayu - Indra-Vayu

HYMN CXXXVI - Mitra-Varuna

HYMN CXXXVII - Mitra-Varuna

HYMN CXXXVIII - Pusan

HYMN CXXXIX - Visvedevas

HYMN CXL - Agni

HYMN CXLI - Agni

HYMN CXLII - Apris

HYMN CXLIII - Agni

HYMN CXLIV - Agni

HYMN CXLV - Agni

HYMN CXLVI - Agni

HYMN CXLVII - Agni

HYMN CXLVIII - Agni

HYMN CXLIX - Agni

HYMN CL - Agni

HYMN CLI - Mitra and Varuna

HYMN CLII - Mitra-Varuna

HYMN CLIII - Mitra-Varuna

HYMN CLIV - Visnu

HYMN CLV - Visnu-Indra

HYMN CLVI - Visnu

HYMN CLVII - Asvins

HYMN CLVIII - Asvins

HYMN CLIX - Heaven and Earth

HYMN CLX - Heaven and Earth

HYMN CLXI - Rbhus

HYMN CLXII - The Horse

HYMN CLXIII - The Horse

HYMN CLXIV - Visvedevas

HYMN CLXV - Indra - Maruts

HYMN CLXVI - Maruts

HYMN CLXVII - Indra - Maruts

HYMN CLXVIII - Maruts

HYMN CLXIX - Indra

HYMN CLXX - Indra - Maruts

HYMN CLXXI - Maruts

HYMN CLXXII - Maruts

HYMN CLXXIII - Indra

HYMN CLXXIV - Indra

HYMN CLXXV - Indra

HYMN CLXXVI - Indra

HYMN CLXXVII - Indra

HYMN CLXXVIII - Indra

HYMN CLXXIX - Rati

HYMN CLXXX - Asvins

HYMN CLXXXI - Asvins

HYMN CLXXXII - Asvins

HYMN CLXXXIII - Asvins

HYMN CLXXXIV - Asvins

HYMN CLXXXV - Heaven and Earth

HYMN CLXXXVI - Visvedevas

HYMN CLXXXVII - Praise of Food

HYMN CLXXXVIII - Apris

HYMN CLXXXIX - Agni

HYMN CXC - Brhaspati

HYMN CXCI - Water - Grass - Sun

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