Question

Read the following excerpt carefully and answer the question : 

A Prayer to Agni

Here are two verses from the Rigveda invoking Agni, the God of Fire:
Bring, O strong one, this sacrifice of ours to the Gods, O wise one, as a liberal giver. Bestow on us, O priest, abundant food. Agni, obtain, by sacrificing, mighty wealth for us. Pro-cure, O Agni, forever to him who pays to you (the gift of) nourishment the wonderful cow. May a son be ours, offspring that continues our line...
Verses such as these were composed in a special kind of Sanskrit, known as Vedic Sanskrit. They were taught orally to men belonging to priestly families.

Choose the correct option.

Assertion(A): Agni was the God of Fire in the Vedic tradition.

Reason(R): Therefore offerings were made to Agni so that in form of smoke they would reach the Gods living in the sky and invoke their blessings.

विकल्प

• Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is incorrect but R is correct.

• R is incorrect but A is correct.

Answer 1

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.