Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t2.32

c5.s3.t2.32

He is further constantly designated a 'guest' (*atithi*) in human abodes. He is a guest in every house (10, 91²), the first guest of settlers (5, 8²). For he is an immortal (a term much more commonly applied to Agni than to any other god), who has taken up his abode among mortals (8, 60¹). He has been established or settled among human habitations (3, 5³; 4, 6²). It is the domestic Agni who caused mortals to settle (3, 1¹⁷). He is a leader (3, 2⁵) and a protector of settlers (1, 96⁴), and the epithet *viśpati*, ‘lord of settlers’ is mainly connected with him.