Sukta 3
तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम्
táṃ vá aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam
Him, verily, I (hold) neither turned hitherward, nor turned yonderward, nor turned back toward (me).
Rishi: Atharvanic prose tradition.
Devata: Directional restraint as a ritual power (no explicit deity; operative force is mantraic binding).
Chandas: Prose.
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