As Agni is the lord that gives heat, as earth is the lord that holds the seed (and produces corn), as sun is the lord that dispels darkness, so is a guest the lord of the honest and the virtuous.
प्रभुरग्निः प्रतपने भूमिरावपने प्रभुः। । प्रभुः सूर्यः प्रकाशित्वे सतां चाभ्यागतः प्रभुः॥