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The fourth Mandala of the Rigveda has 58 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra. It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda.

The Rigveda Anukramani attributes all hymns in this book to Vāmadeva Gautama, except for hymns 43 and 44, attributed to Purumīḍha Sauhotra and Ajamīḍha Sauhotra.

List of incipits

The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets4.1 (297) [Agni.] tuvâṃ hí agne sádam ít samanyávo4.2 (298) [Agni.] yó mártiyeṣu amŕta ṛtâvā4.3 (299) [Agni.] â vo râjānam adhvarásya rudráṃ4.4 (300) [Agni.] kṛṇuṣvá pâjaḥ prásitiṃ ná pṛthvîṃ4.5 (301) [Agni.] vaiśvānarâya mīḷhúṣe sajóṣāḥ4.6 (302) [Agni.] ūrdhvá ū ṣú ṇo adhvarasya hotar4.7 (303) [Agni.] ayám ihá prathamó dhāyi dhātŕbhir4.8 (304) [Agni.] dūtáṃ vo viśvávedasaṃ4.9 (305) [Agni.] ágne mṛḷá mahâṁ asi4.10 (306) [Agni.] ágne tám adyá4.11 (307) [Agni.] bhadráṃ te agne sahasinn ánīkam4.12 (308) [Agni.] yás tvâm agna inádhate yatásruk4.13 (309) [Agni.] práti agnír uṣásām ágram akhyad4.14 (310) [Agni.] práti agnír uṣáso jātávedā4.15 (311) [Agni.] agnír hótā no adhvaré4.16 (312) [Indra.] â satyó yātu maghávāṁ ṛjīṣî4.17 (313) [Indra.] tuvám mahâṁ indara túbhya * ha kṣâ4.18 (314) [Indra and Others.] ayám pánthā ánuvittaḥ purāṇó4.19 (315) [Indra.] evâ tuvâm indara vajrin átra4.20 (316) [Indra.] â na índro dūr~âd â na āsâd4.21 (317) [Indra.] â yātu índro ávasa úpa na4.22 (318) [Indra.] yán na índro jujuṣé yác ca váṣṭi4.23 (319) [Indra.] kathâ mahâm avṛdhat kásya hótur4.24 (320) [Indra.] kâ suṣṭutíḥ śávasaḥ sūnúm índram4.25 (321) [Indra.] kó adyá ? náriyo devákāma4.26 (322) [Indra.] ahám mánur abhavaṃ sûriyaś ca4.27 (323) [The Falcon.] gárbhe nú sánn ánu eṣām avedam4.28 (324) [Indra-Soma.] tuvâ yujâ táva tát soma sakhyá 4.29 (325) [Indra.] â na stutá úpa vâjebhir ūtî4.30 (326) [Indra.] nákir indra tvád úttaro4.31 (327) [Indra.] káyā naś citrá â bhuvad4.32 (328) [Indra.] â tû na indra vṛtrahann4.33 (329) [ Rbhus.] prá rbhúbhyo dūtám iva vâcam iṣya4.34 (330) [Rbhus.] ṛbhúr víbhvā vâja índro no ácha4.35 (331) [Rbhus.] ihópa yāta śavaso napātaḥ4.36 (332) [Rbhus.] anaśvó jātó anabhīśúr ukthíyo4.37 (333) [Rbhus.] úpa no vājā adhvarám ṛbhukṣā4.38 (334) [ Dadhikras.] utó hí vāṃ dātarâ sánti pûrvā4.39 (335) [Dadhikras.] āśúṃ dadhikrâṃ tám u nú ṣṭavāma4.40 (336) [ Dadhikravan.] dadhikrâvṇa íd u nú carkirāma4.41 (337) [Indra-Varuna.] índrā kó vāṃ varuṇā sumnám āpa4.42 (338) [Indra-Varuna.] máma dvitâ rāṣṭaráṃ kṣatríyasya4.43 (339) [ Asvins.] ká u śravat katamó yajñíyānāṃ4.44 (340) [Asvins.] táṃ vāṃ ráthaṃ vayám adyâ huvema4.45 (341) [Asvins.] eṣá syá bhānúr úd iyarti yujyáte4.46 (342) [ Vayu. Indra-Vayu.] ágram pibā mádhūn~āṃ4.47 (343) [Vayu. Indra-Vayu.] vâyo śukró ayāmi te4.48 (344) [Vayu.] vihí hótrā ávītā4.49 (345) [Indra-Brhaspati.] idáṃ vām āsíye havíḥ4.50 (346) [Brhaspati.] yás tastámbha sáhasā ví jmó ántān4.51 (347) [ Dawn.] idám u tyát purutámam purástāj4.52 (448) [Dawn.] práti ṣyâ sūnárī jánī4.53 (349) [ Savitar.] tád devásya savitúr vâriyam mahád4.54 (350) [Savitar.] ábhūd deváḥ savitâ vándiyo nú na4.55 (351) [ Visvedevas.] kó vas trātâ vasavaḥ kó varūtâ4.56 (352) [ Heaven and Earth.] mahî dyâvāpṛthivî ihá jyéṣṭhe4.57 (353) [ Ksetrapati, Etc.] kṣétrasya pátinā vayáṃ4.58 (354) [ Ghrta.] samudrâd ūrmír mádhumāṁ úd ārad

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