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215] SUBJUNCTIVE 357y. with relative conjunctions :1. yad, which, if the clause is determinative, means when ;the dependent clause then precedes, while the principal clauseusually contains an impv., but sometimes an inj., a subj,,or an opt. ;the conjunction means in order that, so that, if thedependent clause is final or consequential the; dependentclause then follows, while the principal clause contains animpv., a subj., or an ind., e. g.if yad = when : liso yad adya bhanuna vi dvaravrnavo divah, pra no yachatad avrkam Baivn, ivhen todan% beam ^^'''^* thou shalt open the doors of heaven, thenbestow on us safe shelter (i. 48^^) yad adya bhagam vibhajasinrbhya, uso devo no atra savita damuna ; anagasovocati suryaya irhen thou shalt to-day distribute a share to men,Baivn, god Savitr, the house friend, shall declare us guiltlessto Sfrnja (i. 123^); yad va agah purusata karama, ma vastasyam apt bhuma ivhen tve shall commit a sin against youafter the manner of men, letus not have a part m that (shaft) ofyours (vii. 57*) ; yad didyavah prtanasu prakrilan, tasyavam syama sanitara aj^h. ivhen shafts shall play in battles, ofthat conflict of yours tve ivould be the tvinners (iv. 41").if yad = in order that, or so that : sa a vaha devatatimyavistha, sardho yad adya divyam yajasi so bringhither thegods, youngest, that thou mayst adore the heavenly host to-day(iii. 19'*); tav6d u tah sukirtayo 'sann uta prasastayah,yad indra mrlayasi nah these laudations and praises shallbe thine, that thou, Indra, mayst be merciful to us (viii. 45^^);na papaso manamahe, yad in nv indrarn sakhayam krnavamahaiwe deem not ourselves wicked, [so] that tve can notvmake Indra our friend (viii. 61"). In such posterior clausesthe yad sometimes comes to expressthe content of theprincipal clause ; e, g. na te sakha sakhyam vasty etat,salaksma yad visurupa bhavati (x. 10-) thy friend tvishesnot this friendship, that she who is of the same type (= akin)shall become of a different hind {= not akin). This yad may