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386 OUTLINES OF SYNTAX [211jar^dhyai Ihe chariot of you iioo (I purpose) to invoke (vii. 67^) a va;ausijo huvddhyai samsam the son ofUsij (intends) to pyoclaim your praise(i. 122'''').5. In B. the inf. in tavai lias three uses : 1. with a final sense ;e. g. tam pra harati yo 'sya strtyas tasniai startavai he hurls it in orderto strike down him ivho is to he struck down by it(AB.). 2. predicativelywith nS, often witli a passive sense, sometimes impersonally ; e.g. nav&i yajiia iva m^ntavdi it is not to he regarded like a sacrifice (SB.) ;napura suryasya udetor m^nthitav^i one should not ruh fire he/ore sunrise(MS.); tasmad etenaj^asru n^ kartavM therefore tears should not be shedby him (MS.). 3. with a pass, sense after an ace. governed by aha,uvaea and brriyat ; e. g. agnim pdristaritava aha he says that the fire isto be enclosed (MS.) ; gopaian samhvayitava uvaca he said that the cowherdsshould be called together (SB.) ;tad asvam anetavai bruyat then heshould order the horse to be brought (SB.).Perhaps, however, the ace. heredepends on the inf. alone : he should give orders to bring ihe horse.2. Accusative Infinitive.a. The form in am is used to supplement statements containinga verb of going or in dependence on verbs meaninghe able (arh, as, sak), wish (vas), or Imoiv (vid) ;e. g. ^ipoemi cikitiiso viprcham / go to the wise to inquire (vii. 86'^) ;iy6tha barhir asadam fhou hast gone to seat thyself on thestrmv (iv. 9^) ;sakema tva samidham ive would he able toMndle thee (i. 94^") ;sa veda deva anamam devan he, the god,hnoivs (how) to guide hither the gods (iv.8'').d. In B. this form of the inf. appears only in dependance on theverbs arh, vid, and sak when they are combined with the negative nd,;e. g. avarundham nd^asaknot he was not able to keep hack (MS.),h. The inf. in turn in the RV. expresses the purpose withverbs of motion^ and also api^ears in dependence on theverbs arh he able and ci intend ;e. g. ko vidvamsam upagat prastum etat ivho has gone to the wise man to ask himthis? [i. 164*); bhuyo va datum arhasi or thou canst givemore (v.79^*').^ Tlie use of this inf. is restricted to dependence on such verbs inthe Latin supine in tiim.