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Atharva Veda 6.33.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 2

Sukta 33

नाधृ॑ष॒ आ द॑धृषते धृषा॒णो धृ॑षि॒तः शवः॑ । पु॒रा यथा॑ व्य॒थिः श्रव॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ नाधृ॑षे॒ शवः॑

nā́dhṛṣa ā́ dadhṛṣate dhṛṣāṇó dhṛṣitáḥ śávaḥ | purā́ yáthā vyathíḥ śráva índrásya nā́dhṛṣe śávaḥ ||

Men dare to press against the unassailable; yet bold and whetted is his might. As of old, rout and renown are his—Indra’s, the unassailable—his force.

มนุษย์ยังกล้ารุกใส่ผู้ที่มิอาจพิชิตได้; แต่กำลังของเขานั้นห้าวหาญและคมกล้า. ดุจดังครั้งบรรพกาล ความแตกพ่ายของศัตรูและเกียรติยศเป็นของเขา—ของอินทรา ผู้มิอาจพิชิต—คือพลังของเขา.

नाधृषःthe unassailable (one)
नाधृषः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootनाधृष (प्रातिपदिक; न- + धृष ‘धर्षणे/साहसे’ से निष्पन्न बहुव्रीहि/नञ्-तत्पुरुष) अथवा नाधृष (स्थिर प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards; forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
दधृषतेdares; ventures
दधृषते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधृष् (धातु; धर्षणे/साहसे)
धृषाणःdaring; bold
धृषाणः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootधृष् (धातु) → धृषाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वर्तमान/स्वभाववाचक ‘धृष्’ से)
धृषितःmade bold; emboldened
धृषितः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootधृष् (धातु) → धृषित (कृदन्त; क्त)
शवःmight; strength
शवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुराformerly; of old
पुरा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
यथाas; just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
व्यथिःshaking; trembling
व्यथिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootव्यथ् (धातु; व्यथने) → व्यथि (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
श्रवःfame; renown
श्रवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नाधृषेfor the unassailable (one)
नाधृषे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootनाधृष (प्रातिपदिक)
शवःmight; strength
शवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (compressed stava style)

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra

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