Atharva Veda 11.3.69: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 69
Sukta 3
तं वा अ॒हं नार्वाञ्चं॒ न परा॑ञ्चं॒ न प्र॒त्यञ्च॑म्
táṃ vá aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam
Him, verily, I (hold) neither turned hitherward, nor turned yonderward, nor turned back toward (me).
मैं उसको पकड़ा हूँ, वो न इधर मुड़ के आया, न उधर गया, न पीछे पलटा। वो कहीं का नहीं रहा, न यहाँ, न वहाँ, न पीछे।
Rishi: Atharvanic prose tradition.
Devata: Directional restraint as a ritual power (no explicit deity; operative force is mantraic binding).
Chandas: Prose.
Primary: vira
Secondary: bhayankara
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