भक्ष् [ bhakṣ ] [ bhakṣ ] Root ( prob. a secondary form fr. √ [ bhaj ] , or Nom. fr. [ bhakṣá ] ; cf. also √ [ bhikṣ ] and [ bhañj ] ) cl. [10] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxxii , 22) [ bhakṣáyati ] ( rarely Ā. [ °te ] ) , and in later language also cl. [1] P. Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxi , 27) [ bhakṣati ] , [ °te ] (pf. [ bhakṣayām āsa ] Lit. MBh. fut. [ bhakṣayiṣyati ] , [ °te ] Lit. ib. ; aor. [ ababhakṣat ] Lit. ŚBr. ; Pass. [ abhakṣi ] Lit. BhP. ; inf. [ bhakṣayitum ] Lit. MBh. , [ °kṣitum ] Lit. Pañcat. ; ind.p. [ bhakṣayitvā ] Lit. MBh. ; [ -bhakṣya ] Lit. ib. ; [ -bhakṣam ] Lit. ŚāṅkhŚr.) , to eat or drink , devour , partake of (with acc. , in Ved. also with gen. ; in the older language usually of fluids , in the later only exceptionally so) Lit. RV. ; to sting , bite Lit. Kathās. ; to consume , use up , waste , destroy Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; to drain the resources of , impoverish Lit. Kām. : Caus. [ bhakṣáyati ] see above ; to cause anything (acc.) to be eaten by (acc. or instr.) Lit. Pāṇ. 1-4 , 52 Vārtt. 7 Lit. Pat. : Desid. [ bibhakṣiṣati ] or [ °kṣayiṣati ] , to wish to eat or devour Lit. MBh. Lit. ĀpŚr. Sch. ( cf. [ bibhakṣayiṣu ] ) .