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Atharva Veda 11.3.62: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 62

Sukta 3

तं वा अ॒हं नार्वाञ्चं॒ न परा॑ञ्चं॒ न प्र॒त्यञ्च॑म्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.62

táṃ vā aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam

Him verily I make neither hitherward, nor outward, nor turned back again.

मैं उसको न इधर करूँगा, न उधर करूँगा, न पीछे करूँगा। उसको मैं कहीं भी नहीं करूँगा।

तम्him/that (object)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वैindeed, surely
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (निपात)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
अर्वाञ्चम्turned this way, facing hither
अर्वाञ्चम्:
कर्म (तम् इति सर्वनामस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक विशेषण)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
पराञ्चम्turned away, facing yonder
पराञ्चम्:
कर्म (तम् इति सर्वनामस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक विशेषण)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
प्रत्यञ्चम्turned toward (one), facing back/toward
प्रत्यञ्चम्:
कर्म (तम् इति सर्वनामस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक विशेषण)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not explicit in excerpt)

Devata: Stambhana-power; implicitly Indra/Agni-like coercive force, but here primarily the priest’s vāc

Chandas: Formulaic prose/short cadence

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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