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354 OUTLINES OF SYNTAX [2i5future in sense, being then usually opposed with nunam ornu to another verb : lid u sya devah savita . . asthat :nunam dev^bhyo vi hi dhati ratnam (/od Savitr has justarisen : he trill now distribute hount// to the gods (ii. 38') ;uvasa^usa uchac ca nii Dawn has flushed (in the past) andshe will flush notv (i, 48^). Sometimes there is no opposition ;a gha ta gachan uttara yugani, yatra jamayah krna-e.g.van ajami there shall come those later generations tvhen thosewho are akin will do what hefits not Jcinsinen (x.10^").In B. the 3. pers. subj. is not found in the hortative sense, appearingonly when a condition, promise, or curse is expressed ; e.g. vrnisva,^^ity abruvan ;so 'bravin :maddevatya^_^eva samid asad iti they said •choose a boon ; he replied : the fuel shall he sacred to me (MS.); sa^abravid :v£ram vrnai ;khatat :parabhavisyanti mauye tSto ma para bhiivamiti ; pura te samvatsarad api rohad ity abravit she said : I 7dU make acondition; I think I shall perish in consequence of digging ; lei me not perish.He repAied :before the lapse of a year for you, it(the wound) shall heal up(TS.) ;devas tan asapan : svena vah kiskuna vajrena vrscan iti Uiegods cursed them (the trees):they shall destroy you with your oivn handle,icith a bolt (TB.). The 3. pers. subj. often also expresses the purpose ofa ceremony e. ; g. srnad iti saram&yani barhfr bhavati (MS.) the litter ismade of reeds with the intention ; it shall destroy Mm (the adversary).2. The syntactical employment of the subj. is twofold.a. It appears in principal sentences :a. with interrogatives, either the pronoun or the adverbskatha how ? kada ivhen, and kuvid ; e. g.kim u. nu vahkrnavama what, pray, shall ive do for you? katha(ii. 29'');mah6 rudriyaya bravama how shall tvc speak to the greatBudra-host? (v. 41"); kada nah susravad girah when ivillhe hear our prayers? (i. 84-). kuvid nearly always accentuatesthe verb (which is thus ti'eated as in a subordinateclause) e. ; g. asvina sii rse stuhi : kuvit te sravato havamthe Aivins 2>fC'^se well, seer: shall they hear thy call?(viii.26^0).In B. first persons only seem to be met with in this use, and aninterrogative word is sometimes lacking./3. In negative sentences with na not ; e. g.na ta nasanti ;