History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.274

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Before proceeding further it is necessary to analyse the notions underlying the word ‘yajeta’ used in such Vedic sentences as ‘one desiring heaven should offer a sacrifice’ (svargakāmo yajeta). In the word ‘yajeta’²⁰⁰⁹ there are two parts viz. the root ‘yaj’ (to sacrifice) and the termination (of injunctive third person singular). In the termination also there are two parts (elements) viz. general verbal nature and injunctiveness (or injunctive force). General verbal nature is found in the ten *lakāras* (verbal forms in ten moods and tenses), but injunctiveness is found only in the injunctive form. Both general verbal nature and injunctiveness express only *bhāvanā* (force that brings into being something, efficient force). Bhāvanā (lit) means a particular operation or activity of an agent which conduces to the coming into being of the result (lit. which is to come into being). And this bhāvanā is of two kinds, *śābdī* (word force) and *ārthī* (result-producing force).