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).

Translation

ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਮੈਂ ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਐਸਾ ਧਾਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ—ਨਾ ਉਹ ਇੱਧਰ ਵੱਲ ਮੁੜਿਆ ਹੈ, ਨਾ ਪਰੇ ਵੱਲ, ਨਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਵਿਰੁੱਧ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਮੁੜਿਆ ਹੈ।

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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