अथ ह हंसा निशायाम् अतिपेतुः । तद् धैवं हंसो हंसम् अभ्युवाद । हो हो ऽयि भल्लाक्ष भल्लाक्ष जानश्रुतेः पौत्रायणस्य समं दिवा ज्योतिर् आततं तन् मा प्रसाङ्क्षीस् तत् त्वां मा प्रधाक्षीर् इति
atha ha haṃsā niśāyām atipetuḥ | tad dhaivaṃ haṃso haṃsam abhyuvāda | ho ho 'yi bhallākṣa bhallākṣa jānaśruteḥ pautrāyaṇasya samaṃ divā jyotir ātataṃ tan mā prasāṅkṣīs tat tvāṃ mā pradhākṣīr iti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Once in the night some Hamsas (flamingoes) flew over his house, and one flamingo said to another: 'Hey, Bhallâksha, Bhallâksha (short-sighted friend). The light (glory) of Gânasruti Pautrâyana has spread like the sky. Do not go near, that it may not burn thee.'
Translated by F. Max Müller