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Entry हि

हिhi5 P. (हिनोति, हित; caus. हाययति; desid. जिघीषति)
1. 5 Parasmaipada (हिनोति, हित; caus. हाययति; Desiderative जिघीषति)
2. To send forth, impel.
3. To cast, throw, discharge, shoot; गदा शक्रजिता जिध्ये Bk.14.36.
4. To excite, incite, urge.
5. To promote, further.
6. To gratify, please, exhilarate.
7. To go or proceed.
8. To forsake, abandon; सर्वेषु भूतेष्वधियज्ञमीशं यजस्व योगेन च कर्म हिन्वन् Bhāg.7.1.12.
Derived forms and compounds
- हि hi, Indeclinable
  
  (Never used at the beginning of a sentence) It has the following senses:
  
  For, because (expressing a strict or logical reason); अग्निरिहास्ति धूमो हि दृश्यते G. M.; R.5.1.
  
  Indeed, surely; देव प्रयोगप्रधानं हि नाठ्यशास्त्रम् M.1; न हि कमलिनीं दृष्ट्वा ग्राहमवेक्षते मतङ्गजः M. 3.
  
  For instance, as is well known; प्रजानामेव भूत्यर्थ स ताभ्यो बलिमग्रहीत् । सहस्रगुणमुत्स्रष्टुमादत्ते हि रसं रविः R.1.18.
  
  Only, alone (to emphasize an idea); मूढो हि मदनेना- यास्यते K.155.
  
  Sometimes it is used merely as an expletive.
In the Gita1·11 1·36 1·41 2·5 2·8 2·27 2·31 2·41 2·49 2·51+54

भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि ॥

bhīṣmamevābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi. — Therefore all ye standing in your respective divisions in the different fronts of the battle, guard Bhishma. 1·11
- हिhia causal or expletive indeclinable particle. when causal it has the sense of 'for' or 'because'. as an expletive it has the sense of 'indeed', 'surely', 'for instance', 'as is well-known' etc.
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