Mantra 41

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम्

IAST Transliteration

táṃ vā aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him, verily, I [leave] neither turned hither, nor turned away, nor turned back again.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• अर्वाञ्चम्: turned this way, facing hither
• अर्वाञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक विशेषण)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• पराञ्चम्: turned away, facing yonder
• पराञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक विशेषण)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: turned back/against, facing toward (in return)
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; दिशावाचक विशेषण)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 11.3)

Devata: Stambhana (power of arresting); implicitly the quarters/directions as controlled domains

Chandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-fragment

Mantra Rasa

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