Mantra 55

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 (hold) as neither turned hitherward, nor turned away, nor turned back against (me).

Word by Word

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

• वै: indeed/forsooth
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: वै (निपात)

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

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

• अर्वाञ्चम्: turned this way; facing hither
• अर्वाञ्चम्: कर्म (तम् इति विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अर्वाक्/अर्वाञ्च्’ = ‘towards this side’)

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

• पराञ्चम्: turned away; facing yonder/forward
• पराञ्चम्: कर्म (तम् इति विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘turned away/forward’)

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

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: turned towards (me/us); facing back/against
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: कर्म (तम् इति विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘turned towards/against; facing back toward’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi not explicit in the excerpt; attributed within AV 11.3 complex to Atharvan/Angirasic milieu)

Devata: Brahman / Odana as sacralized totality (functional devatā: food endowed with brahman)

Chandas: Prose/Brāhmaṇa-like Atharvanic style (not a strict metrical ṛc)

Mantra Rasa

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