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198] TWO ACCUSATIVES ?>05vrksam phalam dhuniihi shalce down fruit fromthe tree(iii. 45*) ; yaja devam rtam brhat sacrifice to the gods tJiema karann abala asya s6nah. whatlofty rite (i. 75-^)kim;can his fechle hosts do to me ? (v. 30'').a. Of the above verbs vac, i and ya, dhu, yaj and kr do not seemto be found with two ace. in B. ;on the other hand a-gam approach,dha viilk, ji loin, jya sorest from are so used there ; e. g. agnir vaivarunam brahmacSryam a gachat Agni (approached = )aaked Vaninaforihe 2}osition of a religious student (MS.) ;imal lokan adhayad yam-yamkamam akamayata /rom these worlds he extracted whatever he desired (AB.) ;devan d.sura yajnam ajayan the Asnras won ihe sacrifice from the gods(MS.) ;indro marutah sahasram ajinat Indra wrested a thousand fromthe Marnts (PB.>.3. to express the agent'with causative verbs beside theace. which would be taken by the simple verb also ; e. g.nsan devam usatah payaya havih eager thyself cause theeager gods to drinlc the libation (ii. 37^) ;ta yajaraanamvacayati he mal-es the sacrificer name them (TS.). Witliverbs of motion the other ace. expresses the goal (which is,however, never a person) - ; e.g. param eva paravatamsapatnim gamayamasi to the extreme distance we cause therival wife to go (x. 145*) ; yajamanam suvargam lokamgamayati he causes the sacrificer to reach the celestialtvorld (TS.).a. In B. the agent is frequently put in the inst. instead of the ace.witla various causatives, especially that of grah seize e. ; g. ta varunena^agrahayat(MS.) he caused Varima to seise them = he caused(themto be seized by Varuna).b. In B. a second ace. expresses the goal (with ni lead) or durationof time beside tlie ace. of the object ; e.g. evdm eva^enam kxirm&hsuvargdrn lokam nayati thus the tortoise leads him to the celestial icorld(TS.), tisro ratrir vratdrn caret he should observe a fast for three nightsfTS\1Which would be expressed by the nom. with the simple verb ;e. g.deva havih pibanti tite gods drink the libation.-When the goal is a person it is expressed bythe loc. or a loc.adverb ; e. g. agnav agnirn gamayet he would send Agni to Agni (SB.) ;devatrfi^evd, enad gamayati he sends it to the gods (SB.^.1819 X