Vedic Prayers

The oldest of all scriptures in the world, as held by the consensus of erudite opinion of both the West and the East are the Vedas. 'The Vedas', says the great Swami Vivekananda, 'do not owe their authority to anybody, they are themselves authority, being the eternal knowledge of God.' They were never written, never created, they have existed throughout time; just as creation is infinite and eternal, without beginning and without end, so is knowledge of God, without beginning and without end. The Vedas are four in number viz. The Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda.