Sukta 34

Mantra 1

मधुविद्या। इयं वीरुन्मधुजाता मधुना त्वा खनामसि । मधोरधि प्रजातासि सा नो मधुमतस्कृधि

This creeper, honey-born— with honey we dig thee up. From honey, from sweetness sprung art thou: make thou for us a state of honeyed weal.

Mantra 2

जिह्वाया अग्रे मधु मे जिह्वामूले मधूलकम्। ममेदह क्रतावसो मम चित्तमुपायसि

At the tongue’s tip be honey mine; at the tongue’s root a honeyed drop. Here, O helper of resolve, thou drawest near—my thought, my very mind, to me.

Mantra 3

मधुमन्मे निक्रमणं मधुमन्मे परायणम्। वाचा वदामि मधुमद् भूयासं मधुसंदृशः

Sweet be my stepping forth, sweet be for me my going onward; with speech I speak what is sweet: may I be sweet, and sweet to look upon.

Mantra 4

मधोरस्मि मधुतरो मदुघान्मधुमत्तरः । मामित् किल त्वं वनाः शाखां मधुमतीमिव

Sweeter am I, yea sweeter far, more honeyed than the honey’s self, more richly honey-blest. Surely, even me shalt thou desire, as one would choose a honey-laden branch.

Mantra 5

परि त्वा परितत्नुनेक्षुणागामविद्विषे । यथा मां कामिन्यसो यथा मन्नापगा असः

Round thee I have come, with sugarcane, unto one that hateth not; so that the longing women may (turn) to me, so that thou mayest be not-going-away from me.