Sukta 3
तं वा अ॒हं नार्वाञ्चं॒ न परा॑ञ्चं॒ न प्र॒त्यञ्च॑म्
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।
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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