vfz cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xvii, 56 ) va/rzati ( ep. also Ā. varzate and Ved. vfzate ; pf. vavarza , vavfze , MBh. &c.; 3. pl. P. ep. vavfzus , or vavarzus ; p. P. vavarzva/s , MaitrS. ; Ā. vAvfzARa/ , RV. ; Impv. vAvfzasva , ib. ; aor. a/varzIt , RV. &c. &c.; fut. vrazwA/ , MaitrS. ; varzitA Gr. ; varzizyati , °te , Br. &c.; inf. varzitum , MBh. &c.; varzwos , Br. ; ind.p. vfzwvA , ib. ; °wvI/ , RV. ; varzitvA Gr. ), to rain (either impers. , or with Parjanya , Indra , the clouds &c., in nom. ), RV. &c. &c. [ cf. Gaëlic pas , a shower]; to rain down, shower down, pour forth, effuse, shed ( Ā. = ‘to bestow or distribute abundantly’; also with instr. = ‘to rain upon, or overwhelm with’ e.g. with arrows; va/rzati , ‘while it rains, during rain’), ib. ; to strike, hurt, vex, harass, Dhātup. : Caus. varza/yati ( aor. avIvfzat or avavarzat ), to cause to rain ( Parjanya &c.) or to fall down as rain (flowers &c.), RV. ; TS. ; MBh. ; (without acc. ) to cause or produce rain, ChUp. ii, 3, 2 ; to rain upon (= overwhelm) with (a shower of arrows instr. ), MBh. ; Ā. to have manly power, have generative vigour, Dhātup. xxxiii, 30 : Desid. vivarzizati Gr. ( cf. vivarzizu ) : Intens. varIvfzyate , varIvarzwi &c., ib. [For cognates See under varzA and 1. vfza .]
vfz I. 1 P. ( varzati, vfzwa ) 1 To rain (usually with words signifying ‘Indra’, ‘Parjanya’, ‘cloud’, &c. as the subject of the verb, or sometimes used impersonally); dvAdaSa varzaRi na vavarza daSaSatAkzaH Dk. ; kAle varzaMtu meGAH; garja vA varza vA Sakra Mk. 5. 31 ; meGA varzaMtu garjaMtu muMcaMtvaSanimeva vA 5. 16. 2 To rain or pour down, shower down; varzatIvAMjanaM naBaH Mk. 1. 34 ; so SaravfzwiM, kusumavfzwiM, varzati &c. 3 To pour forth, shed. 4 To grant, bestow. 5 To moisten. 6 To produce, engender. 7 To have supreme power. 8 To strike, hurt. 9 To drink. II. 10 A. ( varzayate ) 1 To be powerful or eminent. 2 To have the power of production.