Sukta 3
तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम्
táṃ vā aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam
Him verily I (set) neither facing hither, nor facing away, nor facing back again.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for AV 11.3 is composite; treat as Atharvan/Bṛghu-Aṅgiras milieu)
Devata: Ritual efficacy (karman) focused on consecrated food/wholeness; implicitly protective power rather than a single deva
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic cadence (not a strict RV-style metrical verse)
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