MacDonnell II - Wilbourhall.org

214] FUTURE 347tlie futurity rather than the purpose e. ; g. atha^atah pasoi'vibhaktis :tasya vibhagam vaksyamah next (comes) thedivision of the (sacrificial) animal :(now) we ivill {shall) stateits division (AB.).Examples from the EV. are :stavisyami tvam ahSm I shall praiseiJiee(i. 44"j kfm svid; vaksyami kim ii nu manisye ivhat 2>ray shallI say, ivhat shall I now think ? (vi. 9*') ; yady eva karisydtha sakd,mdevair yajiiiyaso bhavisyatha if ye icill do so, you will be partakers of thesacrifice ivith the gods (i. 1G1-) na tvavara indra kas cana;na jato najanisyate no o?ie equal to thee, Indra, has been born or will be born.2. Ill B. tlie simple future is frequently used after verbs of speaking,knowing, thinking, hoping, fearing, wliicli are sometimes also to besupplied; e.g. so 'bravid idd,m mdyi viryam, tat te : prfi dasyanii,^^iti he said: hej-e is heroism in me, that I will give thee i^TS.); te ha^ucuhkena rajiia, kena^_,dnikena yotsyama iti they said : with ichom as king,with whom as leader sliall tee fight ? (SB.) ; tatra vidyad : varsisyati^itiin regard to that he should know : it loill rain (SB.) ;indro ha va iksamcakre : mahad va ito 'bhvam janisyate Indra reflected : a great abusewill arise from this (SB.) sarva devata asamsanta : mam abhi; pratipatsyatii^iti all the gods hoped : lie will begin luith me (AB.) ; yadi bibhiyaddusearma bhavisyami^iti if he should fear, 'I shall suffer from skin disease'(TS.;; asura va istaka acinvata : divam a roksyama iti the Asurasbuilt up the bricks (thinking) :ice shall scale heaven (MS.).a. After an impv., the fut. is often used with dtha; e.g. patim nume piinar yuvanam kurutam : atha vam vaksyami (SB.) inake myhusband young again: then I shcdl tell you {two)./3. After the impv. of a-i or pra-i the 1. pers. fut. is equivalent toan exhortation ;e. g. pra^ita, tad esyamah. come, ive ivill go there (SB.).7. With the negative nd, the 2. and even the 3. pers. may have thevalue of a j^rohibition ;e. g. devan raksamsi . .ajighamsan na yaksyadhvaiti the Eaksases wished to slay tlie gods (saying) you shall not sacri-: :fice (SB.); tan visve deva anonudyanta neha pasyanti neha^_,iti allthe gods drove them back (saying):tliey shcdl not drink here, not here(AB.).B. The periphrastic future though not occurring in V., is frequentin B. It expresses that something will take place at a definite pointof time in tlic future. It is therefore often accompanied by suchwords as pratar early in the morning, svas to-morroiv (but never by adyato-day). The point of time, however, need not he expressed by anadverb ; it may be defined by a clause. Examples are : samvatsaratamimratrim a gachatat, tan ma ekam ratrim ante sayitase, jata ute 'y^ip tdrhi putro bhavita come for (lie night of this day year, then you