स्रेधति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sráydʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sráydʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old English slīdan (whence English slide).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɾɐ́j.dʱɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɾeː.d̪ʱɐ.t̪i/

Verb

स्रेधति • (srédhati) third-singular present indicative (root स्रिध्, class 1, type P) (Vedic) (pronounced sráidhati)

1. to err, make a mistake, blunder
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.54.7:

     न स जीयते मरुतो न हन्यते न स्रेधति न व्यथते न रिष्यति।
     नास्य राय उप दस्यन्ति नोतय ऋषिं वा यं राजानं वा सुषूदथ॥

     na sa jīyate maruto na hanyate na sredhati na vyathate na riṣyati.
     nāsya rāya upa dasyanti notaya ṛṣiṃ vā yaṃ rājānaṃ vā suṣūdatha.

     Never is he, O Maruts, slain or overcome, never doth he decay ne' er is distressed or harmed;
     His treasures, his resources, never waste away, whom. whether he be prince or Rsi, ye direct.

2. to fail