2. yat cl. 1. Ā. ( prob. connected with √ yam and orig. meaning, ‘to stretch’, Dhātup. ii, 29 ) ya/tate ( Ved. and ep. also P. °ti ; p. ya/tamAna , ya/tAna and yatAna/ , RV. ; pf. yete , 3. pl. yetire , ib. &c.; aor. ayatizwa , Br. ; fut. yatizyate , Br. , °ti , MBh. ; inf. yatitum , MBh. ; ind.p. -ya/tya , MBh. ), ( P. ) to place in order, marshal, join, connect, RV. ; ( P. or Ā. ) to keep pace, be in line, rival or vie with ( instr. ), ib. ; ( Ā. ) to join ( instr. ), associate with ( instr. ), march or fly together or in line, ib. ; to conform or comply with ( instr. ), ib. ; to meet, encounter (in battle), ib. ; Br. ; to seek to join one's self with, make for, tend towards ( loc. ), ib. ; to endeavour to reach, strive after, be eager or anxious for (with loc. dat. acc. with or without prati , once with gen. ; also with arTe , arTAya , arTam and hetos ifc. ; or with inf. ), Mn. ; MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to exert one's self, take pains, endeavour, make effort, persevere, be cautious or watchful, ib. ; to be prepared for ( acc. ), R. : Caus. (or cl. 10. Dhātup. xxxiii, 62 ) yAta/yati (or °te ; aor. ayIyatat ; Pass. yAtyate ), to join, unite ( Ā. intrans. ), RV. ; to join or attach to ( loc. ) P. PañcavBr. ; to cause to fight, AitBr. ; to strive to obtain anything ( acc. ) from ( abl. ), Mālav. ; ; (rarely Ā. ) to requite, return, reward or punish, reprove (as a fault), RV. &c. &c. ( Ā. ) to surrender or yield up anything ( acc. ) to ( acc. or gen. ), MBh. ; ( P. Ā. ) to distress, torture, vex, annoy, BhP. ; accord. to Dhātup. also nikAre (others nirAkAre or Kede ) and upaskAre : Desid. yiyatizate Gr. : Intens. yAyatyate and yAyatti , ib.
yat 1 A. ( yatate, yatita ) 1 To attempt, endeavour, strive, try (usually with inf. or dat. ); sarvaH kalye vayasi yatate labDumarTAn kuwuMbI V. 3. 1. 2 To strive after, be eager or anxious for, long for; yA na yayO priyamanyavaDUByaH sAratarAgamanA yatamAnaM Śi. 4. 45 ; R. 9. 7. 3 To exert oneself, persevere, labour. 4 To observe caution, be watchful; Bg. 2. 60. 5 Ved. To excite, stir up, rouse. 6 To join, associate with. 7 To go, proceed. — Caus. ( yAtayati-te ) 1 To return, repay, requite, recompense, restore. 2 To despise, censure. 3 To encourage, animate. 4 To torture, distress, annoy. 5 To prepare, elaborate. 6 Ved. To join, ( pb ) unite. 7 To cause to be returned or restored.