Rigveda
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 4 sections
Rigveda Mandal 1, Sukta 1
Original
अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम्। होतारं रत्नधातमम्॥
Transliteration
Agnimīḷe purohitaṁ yajñasya devamṛtvijam. Hotāraṁ ratnadhātamam.
Meaning / Translation
I praise Agni, the priest of the sacrifice, the divine minister, who invokes the gods and offers them oblations.
Rigveda Mandal 1, Sukta 2
Original
विश्वानि देव सवितर्दुरितानि परासुव। यद्भागं पूर्वियसो महिमानः॥
Transliteration
Viśvāni deva savitar duritāni parāsuva. Yadbhāgaṁ pūrvīyaso mahimānaḥ.
Meaning / Translation
Savitri, the god, dispels all evil and misfortune, and brings us good fortune and prosperity, just as the earlier generations had experienced his greatness.
Rigveda Mandal 1, Sukta 3
Original
भूर्भुवः सुवः। तनुम् मनुर्विश्वातः। कण्वो यत् कवये ददाति॥
Transliteration
Bhūrbhuvaḥ suvaḥ. Tanum manurviśvātaḥ. Kaṇvo yat kavaye dadāti.
Meaning / Translation
The earth, the atmosphere, and the sky. The body is from Manu, and everything is from the sage Kanvas, who gives to the poet.
Rigveda Mandal 1, Sukta 4
Original
श्रेष्ठं विश्वारहं देवं सुरमानं यज्ञियम्। ज्योतिर्यज्ञादभिशोचं तं जन्म वृणोते स्वः॥
Transliteration
Śreṣṭhaṁ viśvārahaṁ devaṁ suramānaṁ yajñiyam. Jyotiryajñādabhiśocaṁ taṁ janma vṛṇote svaḥ.
Meaning / Translation
The most excellent, the most powerful god, worthy of worship, and the one who is the light of the sacrifice, is the one whom the gods choose for their own birth.