Kurtz, Lester (2015). Gods in the Global Village. SAGE Publications. стр. 64. ISBN978-1483374123., Quote: "The 1,028 hymns of the Rigveda are recited at initiations, weddings and funerals...."
Examples: Verse 1.164.34, "What is the ultimate limit of the earth?", "What is the center of the universe?", "What is the semen of the cosmic horse?", "What is the ultimate source of human speech?" Verse 1.164.34, "Who gave blood, soul, spirit to the earth?", "How could the unstructured universe give origin to this structured world?" Verse 1.164.5, "Where does the sun hide in the night?", "Where do gods live?" Verse 1.164.6, "What, where is the unborn support for the born universe?"; Verse 1.164.20 (a hymn that is widely cited in the Upanishads as the parable of the Body and the Soul): "Two birds with fair wings, inseparable companions; Have found refuge in the same sheltering tree. One incessantly eats from the fig tree; the other, not eating, just looks on."; Rigveda Book 1, Hymn 164 Wikisource; See translations of these verses: Jamison, Stephanie W.; Brereton, Joel (2014). The Rigveda: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-972078-1.
Examples: Verse 1.164.34, "What is the ultimate limit of the earth?", "What is the center of the universe?", "What is the semen of the cosmic horse?", "What is the ultimate source of human speech?" Verse 1.164.34, "Who gave blood, soul, spirit to the earth?", "How could the unstructured universe give origin to this structured world?" Verse 1.164.5, "Where does the sun hide in the night?", "Where do gods live?" Verse 1.164.6, "What, where is the unborn support for the born universe?"; Verse 1.164.20 (a hymn that is widely cited in the Upanishads as the parable of the Body and the Soul): "Two birds with fair wings, inseparable companions; Have found refuge in the same sheltering tree. One incessantly eats from the fig tree; the other, not eating, just looks on."; Rigveda Book 1, Hymn 164 Wikisource; See translations of these verses: Jamison, Stephanie W.; Brereton, Joel (2014). The Rigveda: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-972078-1.