Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c10.44

c10.44

And it appears that the ए of the Present is used after verbs of the same kind as in Marâṭhî. The vowel इ of the 3rd pers. sing. does not become ए as in the modern Hindî and other, where the distinction between the two padas is lost, but retains its original form as in घरि पुछी (गइ समीप महेश तब हंसि पुछी कुशलात ‘when she went near Maheśa smiling asked her how she fared’.)