Mantra 153

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम्

IAST Transliteration

táṃ vā aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him verily I make neither hither-turned, nor yonder-turned, nor turned back against (me).

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (as object)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: वै (निपात)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable (negation)
• Root: न (निषेध)

• अर्वाञ्चम्: hitherward, inward/this-side
• अर्वाञ्चम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘तम्’ विशेषयति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अर्वाक्’ = इदानीं/अधो/अधस्तात्/अर्वाचीन ‘this-side, hitherward’)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable (negation)
• Root: न (निषेध)

• पराञ्चम्: awayward, outward
• पराञ्चम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘तम्’ विशेषयति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पराक्’ = दूरं/बहिर्मुख ‘awayward, outward’)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable (negation)
• Root: न (निषेध)

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: towards (me), facing back/within
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘तम्’ विशेषयति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्रत्यक्’ = प्रतिमुख/अन्तर्मुख ‘towards, facing back/within’)

Attribution

Rishi: Not explicit (instructional voice).

Devata: Directions (Diśaḥ) as implicit powers; Pratiṣṭhā as stabilizing principle.

Chandas: Irregular/prose-verse.

Mantra Rasa

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