अथ हँसा निशायामतिपेतुस्तद्धै-वँ हँ सोहँ समभ्युवाद हो होऽयिभल्लाक्ष भल्लाक्ष जानश्रुतेः पौत्रायणस्यसमं दिवा ज्योतिराततं तन्मा प्रसाङ्क्षी-स्तत्त्वा मा प्रधाक्षीरिति ॥ २ ॥
In plain words
Now, in the dead of night, the swans flew overhead. One called out to the other: 'Ho, Bhallaksha, Bhallaksha! The radiant merit of Janashruti Pautrayana stretches across the sky like daylight itself. Do not touch it, lest it scorch you.'
Close to the Sanskrit
Now the swans flew past in the night. And indeed one swan addressed the other thus: 'Ho ho, O Bhallaksha, O Bhallaksha, the equal of Janashruti Pautrayana, the light spread like day is present; do not touch that, lest it burn you.'