--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > Om Jeezus X-mas, they've been chanting it wrong all this time! > > > Well then, no wonder. > > > > > > saha nau avatu . > > > saha nau bhunaktu . > > > saha viiryaM karavaavahai . > > > tejasvi nau; > > > adhiitam astu maa vidviSaavahai . > > > > >
Just for "fun", 'karavaavahai' - if we got it right - seems to be the 1st person *dual* (the two of us) aatmanepada (~ intransitive?) subjunctive mode form from the root 'kR' (karma, shaM-kara, yogasthaH *kuru karmaaNi*, etc.). According to Whitney, subjunctive was rather common in the Vedic Sanskrit, but became rare in the later Classical Sanskrit, and was mainly used as the so called first person imperative form (let's?).
