Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 34

AV 1 34.1

इयं वीरुन् मधुजाता मधुना त्वा खनामसि । मधोर् अधि प्रजातासि सा नो मधुमतस् कृधि

iyaṃ vīrun madhujātā madhunā tvā khanāmasi | madhor adhi prajātāsi sā no madhumatas kṛdhi

This plant is honey-born; with honey we dig thee. Out of honey thou art brought forth; make us possessed of honey.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 1 34.2

जिह्वाया अग्रे मधु मे जिह्वामूले मधूलकम् । ममेद् अह क्रताव् असो मम चित्तम् उपायसि

jihvāyā agre madhu me jihvāmūle madhūlakam | mamed aha kratāv aso mama cittam upāyasi

On the tip of my tongue honey, at the root of my tongue sweetness; mayest thou indeed be (subject) to my will, thou shalt come to my mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 1 34.3

मधुमन् मे निक्रमणं मधुमन् मे परायणम् । वाचा वदामि मधुमद् भूयासं मधुसंदृशः

madhuman me nikramaṇaṃ madhuman me parāyaṇam | vācā vadāmi madhumad bhūyāsaṃ madhusaṃdṛśaḥ

Honeyed (be) my approach, honeyed my going away; with my voice I speak honeyed things — may I be of honeyed aspect.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 1 34.4

मधोर् अस्मि मधुतरो मदुघान् मधुमत्तरः । माम् इत् किल त्वं वनाः शाखां मधुमतीम् इव

madhor asmi madhutaro madughān madhumattaraḥ | mām it kila tvaṃ vanāḥ śākhāṃ madhumatīm iva

I am sweeter than honey, more honeyed than the honey-plant; thou shalt surely desire me alone, as (one desires) a honey-laden branch.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 1 34.5

परि त्वा परितत्नुनेक्षुणागाम् अविद्विषे । यथा मां कमिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः

pari tvā paritatnunekṣuṇāgām avidviṣe | yathā māṃ kaminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ

I have gone about thee with an encompassing sugar-cane, for freedom from hatred: that thou mayest be loving toward me, that thou mayest not go away from me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition