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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)