Mantra 118

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 hitherward, nor awayward, nor counterward—[do I set/allow].

Translation

ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਮੈਂ—ਨਾ ਅਰਵਾਞਚ (ਇੱਧਰ ਵੱਲ), ਨਾ ਪਰਾਞਚ (ਉੱਧਰ ਵੱਲ), ਨਾ ਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਞਚ (ਉਲਟ/ਪਿੱਛੇ ਵੱਲ)—ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ, ਨਾ ਹੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ।

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 / inward / toward us
• अर्वाञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अर्वाक्’ = इहाभिमुख/अधोमुख)

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

• पराञ्चम्: turned away / outward
• पराञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पराक्’ = बहिर्मुख/पराङ्मुख)

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

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: turned back/toward (inward-facing)
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्रत्यक्’ = प्रत्यग्/अन्तर्मुख)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified (first-person ritual voice)

Devata: Directional powers (diś) implicitly; binding force of mantra

Chandas: Prose / truncated formula

Mantra Rasa

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