Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·1·1.34
इयं वीरुन् मधुजाता मधुना त्वा खनामसि । मधोर् अधि प्रजातासि सा नो मधुमतस् कृधि ॥१॥
iyaṃ vīrun madhujātā madhunā tvā khanāmasi | madhor adhi prajātāsi sā no madhumatas kṛdhi ||1||
This plant is honey-(mádhu -)born; with honey we dig thee; forth from honey art thou engendered; ⌊so⌋ do thou make us possessed of honey.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
जिह्वाया अग्रे मधु मे जिह्वामूले मधूलकम् । ममेद् अह क्रताव् असो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥२॥
jihvāyā agre madhu me jihvāmūle madhūlakam | mamed aha kratāv aso mama cittam upāyasi ||2||
At the tip of my tongue honey, at the root of my tongue honeyedness; mayest thou be altogether in my power (krátu), mayest thou come unto my intent (cittá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मधुमन् मे निक्रमणं मधुमन् मे परायणम् । वाचा वदामि मधुमद् भूयासं मधुसंदृशः ॥३॥
madhuman me nikramaṇaṃ madhuman me parāyaṇam | vācā vadāmi madhumad bhūyāsaṃ madhusaṃdṛśaḥ ||3||
Honeyed (mádhumant) [is] my in-stepping, honeyed my forth-going; with my voice I speak what is honeyed; may I be of honey-aspect.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मधोर् अस्मि मधुतरो मदुघान् मधुमत्तरः । माम् इत् किल त्वं वनाः शाखां मधुमतीम् इव ॥४॥
madhor asmi madhutaro madughān madhumattaraḥ | mām it kila tvaṃ vanāḥ śākhāṃ madhumatīm iva ||4||
Than honey am I sweeter (mádhu), than the honey-plant more honeyed; of me verily shalt thou be fond (? van), as of a honeyed branch.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
परि त्वा परितत्नुनेक्षुणागाम् अविद्विषे । यथा मां कमिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥५॥
pari tvā paritatnunekṣuṇāgām avidviṣe | yathā māṃ kaminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ ||5||
About thee with an encompassing (paritatnú) sugar-cane have I gone, in order to absence of mutual hatred; that thou mayest be one loving me, that thou mayest be one not going away from me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)