मधुमन् मे निक्रमणं मधुमन् मे परायणम् । वाचा वदामि मधुमद् भूयासं मधुसंदृशः ॥३॥
madhuman me nikramaṇaṃ madhuman me parāyaṇam | vācā vadāmi madhumad bhūyāsaṃ madhusaṃdṛśaḥ ||3||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
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)