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320 OUTLINES OF SYNTAX [2027. In Fj. anu-bru iririte is used with the dat. of tlie god and the gen.of that to which he is invited ; e. g. agni-somabhyam m^daso 'niibriihi invite Agni and Soma to the fat (SB.).e.' obtain, asJc for: bhaj participate in (with ace. ohtain) ;bhiks hegfor: i and id imphre for (generally ace. of thing aswell as person) ; e. g. tarn imahe indram asya rayah wehnplore Indra for some of that wealth (vi. 22") ; iyate vasunamhe is implored for some of his riches (vii. 32"') ;also a-yutake possession of.a. Of these verbs bhaj remains in use in B. : with gen.= have a sharein (with ace. receive as a share).f. belong to as and bhu, with the : gen. of the possessor inboth V. and B. ;e. g.asmakam astu kevalah let himexchisiveli/ be ours (i. 7^") ; atha^abhavat kevalah somoasya then Soma became exchisiveh/ his (vii. 98''); manor hava rsabha asa Manu had a bull (SB.) ; tasya satam jayababhuvuh he had a hundred ivives (AB.).B. The genitive is used with two classes of substantives.1. It depends on verbal substantives and is then allied tothe gen. with verbs (especially those expi'essing possession).a. The subjective gen., which is equivalent to the agentof the action exj)ressed by the cognate verb ;e. g. usasovyiistau at the breah of daum = Avhen the dawn breaks ;apakramad u ha^eva^esam etad bibhayam cakara hewas = afraid of their dejmrture (^B.) thiii they would run away.It very often occurs with datives e. ; g. yajnasya samrddhyai/or the success of the sacrifice (TS.)= that the sacrificemight succeed.b. The objective gen., which is equivalent to the objectexpressed by the cognate verb ; e. g. yogo vajinah the >/okingof the steed = he yokes the steed ; pura vrtrasya vadhatbefore the slaughter of Vrtra (SB.) = before he slew Vrtra.It often occurs with datives ;e. g. yajamanasya^ahimsayaifor the non-injmii of= the sacrificer (MS.) in order not toinjure the sacrificer.