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water or drink or rain,' yâsishta being the aorist without the augment and with the intermediate vowel lengthened. The indicative occurs in
V, 58, 6. yát prá áyåsishta préshatibhih ásvaih.
When you Maruts came forth with your fallow deer and your horses.
But what is the meaning of vayảm ? Vayă means a germ, a sprout, an offshoot, a branch, as may be seen from the following passages :
II, 5, 4. vidvấn asya vrată dhruvă vayah-iva ánu rohate.
He who knows his eternal laws, springs up like young sprouts. (Better vaya-iva.)
VI, 7, 6. tásya ft am (Iti) visvá bhúvanâ ádhi mardhani vayah-iva ruruhuh.
From above the head of Vaisvanara all worlds have grown, like young sprouts.
VIII, 13,6. stotã—vayâh-iva ánu rohate. (Better vaya-iva.) The worshipper grows up like young sprouts. VIII, 13, 17. Indram kshonih avardhayan vayáh-iva. The people made Indra to grow like young sprouts.
VIII, 19, 33. yásya te agne anyé agnayah upa-kshitah vayah-iva.
Agni, of whom the other fires are like parasitical shoots. I, 59, 1. vayah it agne agnayah te anyé. O Agni, the other fires are indeed offshoots of thee. II, 35, 8. vayah It anya bhuvanäni asya.
The other worlds are indeed his (the rising sun's) offshoots.
VI, 13, 1. tvát visva—saúbhagani ágne vi yanti vansnah ná vayah.
From thee, O Agni, spring all happinesses, as the sprouts of a tree.
VI, 24, 3. vrikshásya nú (ná?) te—vayāh ví atáyah ruruhuh.
Succours sprang from thee, like the branches of a tree.
V, 1, 1. yahvãh-iva prá vayām ut-gshânâh prá bhânávah sisrate nakam ákkha.
Like birds (?) Aying up to a branch, the flames of Agni went up to heaven ; (or like strong men reaching up to.)
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |