jAhu
[? jāhu , in RP 58.18 ( vs ), printed: dūre jāhu bhujagavad etān ( sc. evil companions). Since it is scarcely possible that the Vedic verb aj-, drive (away), is concerned ('jā = aja, hu = khalu, drive them away like serpents! ), I believe that some form of hā, abandon (less likely of han, smite ) must be involved; the ā might well be m.c. (meter requires two long syllables), but I cannot explain the final u (ū ?). Perhaps read jāhā = jaha, 2 sg. impv. , abandon! (?)]