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•215]SUBJUNCTIVE 353the speaker, an impv. usually then preceding; e.g. daksinatobhava me : adha vrtrani janghanava bhuri stand onmy right : then we two ivill slay many Joes (x. 83'') ;or anexhortation to aid the speaker ; e. g. j6sama^indra tvayayuja we will conquer {= let us conqner) with thee as our ally(viii. 63").In B. the usage is the same; e.g. vdram vrnai / will choose a hoon(TS.) ; hanta^iman bhisayai ivell,Iivill terri/ij tlitm (AB.) ; vayum devaabruvan : soraam rajanam hanama^_^iti the gods said to Vdiju : let us slayking Soma [TS.).The second person is used exhortatively :hano vrtram,jaya apah slay Vrtra, ivin the waters (i. 80^). It oftenfollows a 2. pers. impv. e. ; g. agne srnuhi ; dev^bhyobravasi/zcflr, OAgni, do thou say to the gods {i. 139"); sometimesit follows a 3. pers. impv. ; e. g. a vam vahantu . . asvah,pibatho asm6 madhuni let the horses hring you two ;do yedrink the honied draughts beside its (vii. 67'). When anexpectation is indicated, the subj. is almost equivalent toa future ;e. g.achanta me, chadayatha ca nunam ye havepleased me and ye shall please me now (i.165^^).In B. the 2. pers. subj. is used only wlien the speaker makes a conditionor gives a direction i-elating to the (not immediate) future ; e.g.atho etam varam avrnita :maya^eva pracim disam pra janatha>_^itiso he made this condition: through me shall ije (in lutiirej discover the easternquarter (AB.).The third personis as a rule used in exhortations to thegods, though the subject is not always the name of the deity;e.g. imam nah srnavad dhavam he shall hear this oureall (viii. 43--); pari no h61o varunasya vrjyah ;uriimna indrah krnavad u lokam may the ivrath of Varunaavoid us: Indra shall procure us tvide space (vii. 84^); sadevam a^iha vaksati he shall bring the gods hitJier (i. 1^) ; prate sumna no asnavan thy good intentions shall reach tis(viii. 90"). The subj. sentence is sometimes connected witha preceding one ; e.g. agnim ile : sa u sravat I praise Agni :he shall hear (viii. 43-*).1811) A aThe subj. here often approaches the