निकृष् [ nikṛṣ ] [ ni-√ kṛṣ:1 ] P. [ -karṣati ] , to draw or drag down Lit. TS. Lit. ŚBr. ; [ -kṛṣati ] , to plough in ( [ phalaṃ kṣetreṣu ] ) Lit. AV.Paipp. : Pass. [ -kṛṣyate ] , to be borne down by the stream of a river Lit. MBh. i , 3616. ,