Atharva Veda 11.3.90: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 90

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं वा अ॒हं नार्वाञ्चं॒ न परा॑ञ्चं॒ न प्र॒त्यञ्च॑म्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.90

IAST Transliteration

táṃ vā aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him, verily, I—neither turned hitherward, nor turned away, nor turned back against (me).

Translation

मैं उस शख्स को ऐसा पकड़ता हूँ कि वो न इधर घूमता है, न उधर, न पीछे। वो सीधा रहता है।

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Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• अर्वाञ्चम्: turned this way, facing hither
• अर्वाञ्चम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-तम्) / विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक विशेषण) → अर्वाञ्चम्

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

• पराञ्चम्: turned away, facing yonder
• पराञ्चम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-तम्) / विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक विशेषण) → पराञ्चम्

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

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: turned toward (one), facing back/against
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-तम्) / विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक विशेषण) → प्रत्यञ्चम्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AVŚ 11.3; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras milieu)

Devata: Odana / ritual efficacy of food as a totalizing ‘whole-body’ agent

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-like Atharvanic cadence (not a strict RV meter)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira