O you of powerful arms, I shall recite to you that best of all hymns. This hymn belongs to him who is the Veda of the Vedas, and the most ancient of all ancient objects.
निगदिष्ये महाबाहो स्तवानामुत्तमं स्तवम्। ब्रह्मणामपि यद् ब्रह्म पराणामपि यत् परम्॥