Identify the text containing the following verse: “Agni obtain by sacrificing, mighty wealth for us. Procure, O Agni, for ever to him who prays to you...”?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Rigveda
The verse is part of a prayer to Agni, the god of fire, from the Rigveda. Agni was identified with the sacrificial fire into which offerings were made to reach the other gods. In the verse the worshipper asks for wealth, food, cattle and a son, the things people wanted from a sacrifice. Such verses were composed in Vedic Sanskrit and taught orally to men of priestly families.
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