Mantra 97

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम्

IAST Transliteration

táṃ vā́ aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him, verily, I—neither hither-turned, nor away-turned, nor back-turned—

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (object)
• तम्: कर्म (उद्देश्य/विषय) अथवा सम्बन्धित-वस्तु
• 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-निपात)

• अर्वाञ्चम्: turned this way, inward/nearward
• अर्वाञ्चम्: कर्म-विशेषण (तम् का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अर्वाक्’/‘अर्वाञ्च्’ = ‘इतः/अधः/अर्वाक्-देशीय’)

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

• पराञ्चम्: turned away, outward/farward
• पराञ्चम्: कर्म-विशेषण (तम् का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पराक्’/‘पराञ्च्’ = ‘परतः/बहिर्मुख’)

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

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: turned toward (opposite/face-to-face), returning
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: कर्म-विशेषण (तम् का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्रति-अञ्च्’ = ‘प्रति/विपरीत/अभिमुख’)

Attribution

Rishi: Not explicit in the fragment.

Devata: Not explicit; the operative category is spatial/cosmological control.

Chandas: Prose/fragment; likely part of a larger prose sequence.

Mantra Rasa

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