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207-208] PARTICIPLES _ 329207. The pres, part, is occasionally used in V. by anacoluthonas a finite verb ; e.g. asmad aham tavisad isamanaindrad bhiya maruto rdjamanah / (am) fleeing from thismighty one, fremhliiig with fear of Indra, ye Maruts (i. 171*).This use does not seem to be found in B.a. The pies. part, is used with the verbs i go, car move,as remain, stha stand as auxiliaries to express continuedduration in V. and B. ;e. g.visvam anyo abhieaksana etitlie other (Pusan) goes on watching the universe (ii. 40^) jvicakasac candrama naktam eti the moon goes on shiningbrightly at night (i. 24^") ;te 'sya grhah pasava upamuryamanaiyuh his house and cattle would go on being destroyed(SB.) tvam hi . . . 6ko vrtra carasi; jighnamanah ybr thoitalone goest on Idlling the Yrtras (iii. 80^) t6 'rcantah sramyantaseeruh they went on praying and fasting (SB.) ream;;tvah posam aste pupusvan the oneliceps producing abundanceof verses (x. 7U^) somam;eva^etat pibanta asate they thusIceep on drinJcing Soma (TS.) ucchvancamana; prthivi sutisthatu let the earth keep on yaioning wide (x. 18'-) ;vitrmhanastisthanti they keep conflicting (TS.).208. The past passive participle in ta is very frequentlyused as a finite verb ; e. g. tatam me apas tad u tayatepunah my work is done and it is being done again (i. 110') ;na tvavam indra kas cana na jato na janisyate no one islike thee, Indra, he has not been born, and he ivill not be born(i.81^) ;used impersonally: sraddhitam te mahata indriyayaconfidence has been placed in thy great might (i.104'^).Similarly in B. : ista devata dtha katama et6 the gods have been worshipped,hut ivhich are these gods? (TS. ); also in suboi'dinate clauses:tdsmin ydd apanuam, grasitam evd.^asya tfit what has got into him, thathas been devoured by him (TS.).a. The perf. pass. part, is not infrequently used withforms of as and bhu as auxiliaries constituting a periphrasticmood or tense in V. e. ; g. yuktas te astu daksinah let thyright (steed) be yoked (i. 82"') dhumas te ketur abhavad;