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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 21

AV 7 21.1

समेत विश्वे वचसा पतिं दिव एको विभूर् अतिथिर् जनानाम् । स पूर्व्यो नूतनम् आविवासत् तं वर्तनिर् अनु वावृत एकम् इत् पुरु

sameta viśve vacasā patiṃ diva eko vibhūr atithir janānām | sa pūrvyo nūtanam āvivāsat taṃ vartanir anu vāvṛta ekam it puru

Come together, all of you, with speech to the lord of heaven; he alone is the pervading one, the guest of the peoples. He, the ancient one, would draw near the new; the track turns after him — him alone, though many (are the ways).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With prayer come all together to the Lord of Heaven: he is the peerless one, far-reaching, guest of men. He, God of ancient time, hath gained a recent thrall; to him alone is turned the path which all must tread.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)