विश्वेषाम् अदितिर् यज्ञियानां विश्वेषाम् अतिथिर् मानुषाणाम् । अग्निर् देवानाम् अव ऽ आवृणानः सुमृडीको भवतु जातवेदाः ॥
viśveṣām aditir yajñiyānāṃ viśveṣām atithir mānuṣāṇām | agnir devānām ava ' āvṛṇānaḥ sumṛḍīko bhavatu jātavedāḥ ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
The freest God of all who should be worshipped, the guest who is received in all men's houses, Agni who hath secured the Gods' high favour,-may he be gracious, to us Jatavedas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 4.1.20; the wording of this text may differ in places.