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348 OUTLINES OF SYNTAX [214-215wUl lie beside me for one night, then too this son of thine wiU be born (SB.) ;y^di pura samsthanad diryeta^adya varsisyati^_^iti bruyad ; y^dis^msthite svo vrasta^iti bruyat if it(the vessel) should be broken beforetlie completion (of the sacrifice) he shoidd say : it will rain to-day ; if it hasbeen completed, he should saij : it will rain to-morrow (MS.) ; yarhi vava vomaya^artho bhavita, tarhy eva vo 'ham punar agantasmi ichen you loillhave need of me, then (on that particular occasion) I will come back to yoa(AB.).a. Sometimes this form is used to express not that an action willtake place at a definite time, but that it will take place with certainty;e.g. sa^evfi^iyam adya^ipi pratistha, sa^u eva^api^ato 'dhi bhavitathis is the found-ado n to-day, and it will also (certainly) be so in future (SB.^.A. Imperative.215. The only pure impv. forms are those of the 2. 3. sing,and 3. pL, represented by bhava and bhavatat, bhavasva ;bhavatu ; bhavantu, bhavantam. The forms later regardedas imperatives of the l.pers., bhavani, bhavava, bhavamaare subjunctives (cp. 131): while the 2. 3, du. and 2. pi.bhavatam, bhavatam, bhavetham, bhavetam ; bhavata,bhavadhvaia, are injunctives (cp. 122 a a).a. The impv. does not express commands only, but alsoa desire in the widest sense, such as a wish, a request,advice, a direction ;e. g. devam iha^a vaha bring lather thegods (i. 14'-) ;ahelamano bodhi he not angrg (i. 24") ;imani^asya sirsani chinddhi cut off these heads of his (MS.) ;vrkse navam prati badhnisva tie the ship to the tree (SB.) ;pra vam asnotu sustutih. may the hymn of praise reach youtivo (i. 17^) ;hanta na eko vettu come, let one of us findout (SB.).h. The sphere of the ordinary impv. is the present ;itmay, however, still be used for the later of two opposedactions ; e. g. varam vrnisva^atha me punar dehi choosea boon and then give it me bade (TS.). The form in tad,however, has a tendency in V. to express the more remotefuture, and in B. does so distinctly e. ; g. iha^eva matisthantam abhyehi^iti bruhi, tarn tii na agatam pratipra