निर्भिद् [ nirbhid ] [ nir-√ bhid ] P. Ā. [ -bhinatti ] ( 2. sg. Subj. aor. [ -bhed ] Lit. RV. i , 104 , 8 ; pf. [ -bibheda ] Lit. MBh. ; [ -bibhide ] Lit. Hariv. ; ind.p. [ -bhidya ] Lit. ŚBr. Lit. MBh. ) , to cleave or split asunder , divide , open , pierce , hurt , wound , destroy Lit. RV. ; ( with [ locane ] ) to put out Lit. MBh. ; ( with [ kham ] ) to form an aperture , excavate Lit. BhP. ; ( with [ granthim ] ) to loose , untie Lit. ib. ; to penetrate i.e. find out , investigate , discover Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. : Pass. [ -bhidyate ] , to be broken asunder cleave or split open (intrans.) Lit. Up. Lit. Suśr. Lit. BhP.