Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 5118
SV 2 5118.1
प्रेष्ठं वो अतिथिं स्तुषे मित्रमिव प्रियं । अग्ने रथं न वेद्यं
preṣṭhaṃ vo atithiṃ stuṣe mitramiva priyaṃ | agne rathaṃ na vedyaṃ
I praise for you the dearest guest, dear like an ally, Agni, like a chariot to be won.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SV 2 5118.2
कविमिव प्रशंस्यं यं देवास इति द्विता । नि मर्त्येष्वादधुः
kavimiva praśaṃsyaṃ yaṃ devāsa iti dvitā | ni martyeṣvādadhuḥ
Him who is to be extolled like a sage, whom the gods, thus from of old, set down among mortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Whom as a Sage who merits praise the Gods have, from the olden time, Established among mortal men.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 2 5118.3
त्वं यविष्ठ दाशुषो नॄँ: पाहि शृणुही गिरः । रक्षा तोकमुत त्मना
tvaṃ yaviṣṭha dāśuṣo nṝ~: pāhi śṛṇuhī giraḥ | rakṣā tokamuta tmanā
You, most youthful one, protect the men of the worshipper, hear the songs; and guard the offspring by your own self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Do thou, most youthful God, protect the men who offer, hear their songs, And of thyself preserve their seed!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)