Imperative

 

                              active                                                                                                             middle

          class 1

   bhū                                                                 labh

     bhavatu     bhavatām      bhavantu                labhatām    labhetām      labhantām

     bhava        bhavatam      bhavata                  labhasva    labhethām    labhadhvam

     bhavāni     bhavāva        bhavāma                 labhai        labhāvahai    labhāmahai

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    Class  2       stu

        stautu      stutām        stuvantu                  stutām     stuvātām         stuvatām

     stuhi        stutam        stuta                        stuṣva      stuvāthām       studhvam  

     stavāni    stavāva       stavāma                  stavai      stavāvahai      stavāmahai

 

           astu       stām      santu

           edhi       stam      sta                        as     to be

           asāni     asāva    asāma

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    Class 3   dhā

      dadhātu   dhattām       dadhatu                dhattām    dadhātām     dadhatām

      dhehi       dhattam       dhatta                   dhatsva    dadhāthām    dhaddhvam

      dadhāni   dadhāva      dadhāma              dadhai      dadhāvahai   dadhāmahai

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  Class  5      śṛu

       śṛṇotu           śṛṇvantu                           śṛṇutām           śṛṇvatām

       śṛṇuhi           śṛṇuta                               śṛṇuṣva           śṛṇudhvam            

       śṛṇavā          śṛṇavāma                         śṛṇavai          śṛṇavāmahai

                 

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     Class  7         piṣ   to crush                                                                indh    to shine

      pinaṣṭu     pinṣṭām      pinṣantu             indhām    indhātām      indhatām

     pińḍhi       pinṣṭam      pinṣṭa                 intsva     indhāthām    indhadhvam

     pinaṣāńi   pinaṣāva    pinaṣāma            inadhai    indhāvahai   indhāmahai

 

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   Class 8      tan       stretch                                                                            kṛ

    tanotu        tanutām      tanvantu           kurutām    kurvātām        kurvatām

    tanu           tanutam     tanuta               kuruṣva     kurvāthām      kurudhvam

    tanavāni    tanavāva    tanavāma         karavai    karavāvahai    karavāmahai

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   Class  9      krī

      krīṇātu    krīṇītām    krīṇantu             krīṇītām   krīṇātām      krīṇatām

      krīṇīhi     krīṇītam    krīṇīta                krīṇīṣva    krīṇāthām    krīṇīdhvam

      krīṇāni    krīṇāva     krīṇāma             krīṇai        krīṇāvahai    krīṇāmahai

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       Requesting,   command,  demand,  instruction,  injunction

       Ordering    a  person  to do  something

       a person  is  asking – telling  somebody  else     to do something

 

       1st   person           i  shall   do  this

       2nd  person           you   do  this !      you  must do this

       3rd  person            exhortation   or   suggestion                let   her   do  that

 

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     gṛham   gaccha    surām  ca      ānaya           to-house   go and  wine   bring  me

     pustikam   paṭhāma                                                                       book    let-us-read

     asatyavanta:    asāma                                                              untruthful     let-us-be     

     kathām    paṭhatu                                                                         story   let-him-read

     tat    smarāṇi                                                                         that    i-shall-remember

     tām   smarāma                                                                     her      let-us-remember

     tava  pati:    tat   labhatām                                   your  husband    that   must-obtain  

        pattram    likhatu                                                                  she  letter   let-write

     tat        vahatu                                                                           that   her  let-carry

     tatra   sa:   dhāvatu                                                                    there     he     let-run

     giram   kanyā    gāyatu                                                                song    girl   let-sing

        pustikam   taṭhatu                                                                she   book   let-read

     sa:   praśnam   pṛcchatu                                                           he   question   let-ask

        grāmam   gacchatu                                                               she    village   let-go

     śva:     nṛtyatu                                                                tomorrow    her   let-dance

     gṛhe   te    vasantu                                                              in-house    they   let-dwell

     narā:    aṭantu                                                                                   men   let-wander

     tṛnam   vṛṣabhā:   carantu                                                        grass   bulls   let-graze

     guru:   praśnam   pṛcchatu                                                    guru    question   let-ask

     :    na kiṅcidapi     smarantu                                       they   nothing    let-remember

 

                    

      jayatu  mahārāja: caram  ca  kṛtsnām  bhuvam  adhitiṣṭhatu

               let-conquer     king    and  long-time   whole   world    let-stand-above

 

        grāmam gacchatam sukhena ca tatra  nivasatam

              village    you2-let-go    and with-happiness    there   let-dwell

 

        gurava:  āsane  niṣīdantu  bhuvi  śiṣyā:

           gurus    on-chair   let-sit,    on-ground   students

 

        asmābhi:  saha   nārīnām  kalaha:  prāvartata

            with-them     of-women   quarrel   let-start

 

         he  kṣatriyā:      kuntān  kṣipata iṣūn muńcata  pāpān 

           hey warriors,     spears  let-throw   arrows let-launch     wicked

 

 

      śatrūn  daṇḍayata iti         krodhāt  nṣpati:  abhāṣata

        enemies    let-punish             from-anger    king    spoke    

 

        atithim  pṛcchatu  rātrau  kutra  nyavasa  iti

          guest      let-ask,     in-night   where    let-you-dwell ?

 

        mātu:  kopāt   śocata:  kanye

            of-mother   from-anger    let-grieve   2girls

 

        pāṭhasya  abhyāsāya   śiṣyau    āgacchatām 

              of-lesson     for-study    2students    let-understand     

 

        juhva   agnau   ghṛtam  prāsyāni

              with-spoon     in-fire     ghee    i-shall-throw

 

        he   vadhu   vāpyā   jalam  ānaya

                 hey  lady,    with-cistern     water    let-bring

 

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        acāryam  labhasva 

            teacher    let-you-obtain     

 

         kāvyāni   racayāma   kīrtim  vindāma 

          poems    let-us-compose,    fame    let-us-find      

 

       aśrayāmahai   śriyam   labhāmahā  iti   kavaya:  vadanti

        let-us-take-refuge    Good-Fortune   let-us-obtain,     poets   say

 

         mama   gṛhe  kanye     ni avasatām

             in-my-house    2girls       let-inhabit

 

           agnim  yajāvahai   sukhāya 

            Agni   let-us-sacrifice   for-happiness

 

          sabhāsu  paṇḍatai:  saha  vivadāvahai  

              in-meetings  with-pundits    let-us2-argue        

 

            durjanā:    vartantām

               bad-men     let-exist