बिभ्यति

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बिभ्यति • (bibhyati)

  1. present active third-person plural of भी (bhī)
    • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.4:
      आत्मवान् को जितक्रोधो द्युतिमान् को ऽनसूयकः ।
      कस्य बिभ्यति देवाश् च जातरोषस्य संयुगे ॥
      ātmavān ko jitakrodho dyutimān ko ʼnasūyakaḥ.
      kasya bibhyati devāś ca jātaroṣasya saṃyuge.
      Who is self-restrained and has conquered anger, who is endowed with brilliance and free from envy?
      Who, when angered in war, the Devas fear?