प्रीतिपूर्वकम् of rule is explicable on the ground of expediency of the metre Upen- dravajra which has 11 syllables in each line. Anandagiri who follows Sankara says that this is a Chandasa (Vedic) Samdhi. Another way to construe the sentence is to separate 2238. माडु: Perf. 3rd pers. plu. of the Sarndhi as प्रियाय + अहँसि. Of the the root Ah or Bru with the prefix Pra (See Nos. 2237 and 549) 6. 2; 13. 1; 15. 1; 18. 2, 3. (1) the third line alone has the com- two the former is preferable because parative particle a which is appli- cable as well to प्रिय and प्रिया, as to पिता and पुत्र and सखा and सखी, (2) the words and have clearly and quite appropriately the genetive case-terminations applied to them, (3) it is more poetic and realistic to say that a man would condone the faults of his beloved than that one man would condone the fault of another man dear to him and (4) it would be tautalogous to have said so because the war and relation has already been mentioned once. Ramanuja in order to avoid this fault construes the sentence thus:--Just as a father or a friend condones the faults of a son or a friend if sub- missively beseeched, so you, a dear person (Priyah), should condone mine, a dear person (Priyaya ). I consider this a laboured construc- tion. प्रार्थयन्ते 2236. Pres. 3rd pers. plu. of the root Arth with the prefix Pra (To pray or request for) 9. 20. Bhagavadgita Word-Index Pt. I A 2237. Perf. 3rd pers. sing. of the root Ah or Bru with the prefix Pra (To speak) 4. 1. (See also No. 549) 4. 1. 2239. प्रियकृत्तमः Nom. sing of the mas. form of the super. degree of the comp. adj. Priyakrt (The best of those who do pleasant things i. e. the best friend ) 18. 69. 2240. प्रियचिकीर्षवः Nom. plu. of the mas. form of the comp. desi. parti- cipial adj. Priyacikirsu (One who desires to do pleasant things) 1. 23. 2241. : Nom. sing. of the mas. form of the comp. degree of the adj. Priya (Dear) 18. 69. 2242. f Nom. sing. of the neu. form of the comp. adj. Priya- hita (That which is dear and benefi- cial) 17. 15. 2243. प्रियम् Acc. sing of the neu. form of the adj. Priya (See No. 2241) 5. 20. 2244. : Nom. sing. of the mas. form of the adj. Priya (See No. 2241) 7. 17; 9. 29; 11. 44; 12. 14, 15, 16, 17, 19; 17. 7; 18. 65. 2245. प्रियायाः Gen. sing of the fem. form of the adj. Priya used as a noun (A beloved) 11. 44. This word occurs in the fourth line of the above verse which runs:-: प्रियायाईसि देव सोढुम् । It is against the 2247. प्रीतमना: Nom sing of the mas. form of the comp. adj. Prita- manas (One whose mind is pleased) 11.49. classical rules of Samdhi to drop the off because the Visarga of fart: is dropped. This breach 2248 प्रीतिपूर्वकम् Adv. Ind. ( Ac- companied by or with love or affec-. tion) 10. 10. 98 2246. : Nom. plu. of the mas. form of the adj. Priya (See No. 2241) 12. 20. F
