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211] INFINITIVE 337a. In B. the use is similai*, this inf. expressing the purposewith verbs of motion, or in dependence on the verbs dhrintend and (generally accompanied by the negative na) arhand sak he able, kam desire, dhrs dare, a-dr trouble, a-samsexpect e. ; g. hotum eti Jiegoes to sacrifice (TS.), drastum agachati Jie comes in order to see (SB.) ; anyad eva kartumdadhrire 'nyad vai kurvanti have theij purposed to do onething, but do another (SB.) ;katham asakata mad rt6 jivitumhoiv have you been able to live ivithout me? (SB.) ;na cakamehantum he did not wish to kill (SB.).3. Ablative- Genitive Infinitive.a. The form in as (which is always compounded withprepositions) is almost exclusively abl. as is shown by itsbeing used with words governing that case, viz. the prepositionsrt6 without, pura before, and the verbs pa, protect,tra rescue, hhi fear e. ; g. rt6 cid abhisrisah pura jatrubhyaatrdah ivithout binding, before the cartilages being pierced(viii. V-^) tradhvam;kartad avapadah (ii. 29") save usfrom falling into the 2nt (lit. /row the pit, from falling down).There is one example of its being a gen., as it is governedby the verb is nahi tvad ar6 nimisas :canalise for withoutthee I am not able even to blinJc (ii.28'').a. In B. it appears only as a gen. governed by isvara; e. g. saisvaroydjamanasya pasun nirddhah he is able fo Mm the cattle of the sacrijtcer(MS.).b. The form in tos is abl. when it isgoverned by theprepositions pura before and a till or by verbs of saving andpreventing ; e. g. pura hantor bhayamano vy ara fearinghe withdreir. before being struch (iii. 30'") ; yuyota no anapatyanigantoh save its from coming to childlessness (iii. 54''^).The gen. form is found only in dependence on the verbis be able (with the object by attraction in the gen.) or onthe adverb madhya in the midst of; e. g. ise rayah suviryasyadatoh he can give wealth and heroic offspring (vii. 4") ;1819