1. Present Indicative.
735. The endings and the rules for their combination with the stem have been already fully given, for this and the other parts of the present-system; and it only remains to illustrate them by examples.
a. Example of inflection: root भू bhū be; stem भव bháva (bho+a: 131).
| active. | middle. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | p. | s. | d. | p. | |
| 1 | भवामि bhávāmi |
भवावस् bhávāvas |
भवामस् bhávāmas |
भवे bháve |
भवावहे bhávāvahe |
भवामहे bhávāmahe |
| 2 | भवसि bhávasi |
भवथस् bhávathas |
भवथ bhávatha |
भवसे bhávase |
भवेथे bhávethe |
भवध्वे bhávadhve |
| 3 | भवति bhávati |
भवतस् bhávatas |
भवन्ति bhávanti |
भवते bhávate |
भवेते bhávete |
भवन्ते bhávante |
b. The V. has but a single example of the thana-ending, namely vádathana (and no other in any class of this conjugation). The 1st pl. mid. manāmahé (RV., once) is probably an error. RV. has çóbhe once as 3d singular.
2. Present Subjunctive.
736. The mode-stem is bhávā (bháva+a). Subjunctive forms of this conjugation are very numerous in the older language; the following scheme instances all that have been found to occur.
| active. | middle. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | p. | s. | d. | p. | |
| 1 | bhávāni | bhávāva | bhávāma | bhávāi | bhávāvahāi | bhávāmahāi |
| 2 | bhávāsi bhávās |
bhávāthas | bhávātha | bhávāse bhávāsāi |
bhávādhvāi | |
| 3 | bhávāti bhávāt |
bhávātas | bhávān | bhávāte bhávātāi |
bhávāite | bhávanta bhávāntāi |
737. The 2d du. mid. (bhávāithe) does not chance to occur in this class; and yátāite is the only example of the 3d person. No such pl. mid. forms as bhávādhve, bhávānte are made from any class with stem-final a; such as bhávanta (which are very common) are, of course, properly augmentless imperfects. The Brāhmaṇas (especially ÇB.) prefer the 2d sing. act. in āsi and the 3d in āt. AB. has the 3d sing. mid. haratāi; and a 3d pl. in antāi (vartantāi KB.) has been noted once. RV. has examples, arcā and madā, of the briefer 1st. sing. act.
