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lest

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
न - na - adverb - lest
नेद् - ned - adverb - lest
मा - mA -
indecl.
 - lest
Monier Williams
English
LEST,
conj.
 यदि, यदि न, चेत्, न चेत्, नो चेत्, यदि कदाचित्, यदा-
कदाचित्, कदाचित्. In using these particles to express
the word ‘lest’ it will be necessary to vary the form
of the sentence according to the particle employed, as
in the following examples selected from modern Sanskrit.
‘I fear lest your minds should be corrupted, ’ चेद् युष्माकं
मनांसि दुष्येयुर् ममैषा भीतिर् जायते
‘beware lest he strike
thee, ’ सावधानो भव चेत् त्वामपि ताडयति
or the particle may
be omitted
as, ‘beware lest any man deceive you, ’
सावधाना भवत कोऽपि युप्मान् न भ्रमयेत्: or other particles may
be used in more classical Sanskrit, the construction of
the sentence being changed accordingly
as, ‘commit
not evil lest thou obtain the same, ’ पापं मा कुरु पापे हि कृते
त्वया तादृशं प्राप्तव्यं
‘he commanded to kill the captives lest
they should escape, ’ वन्दयः पलायिष्यन्ते इत्याशङ्कया or इति बुद्ध्या
तान् हन्तुम् आदिदेश
‘justice is not to be killed, lest being
killed, it destroy us, ’ धर्म्मो न हन्तव्यो मा नो धर्म्मो हतो बधीत्.
Borooah
English
LEST:
expr.
 by कदाचित् with विधिलिङ्,
l. he see
you:
कदाचित् त्वां स पश्येत्
नोचेत् with लट्:
v.
Otherwise.