रभ् [ rabh ] [ rabh ] Root or [ rambh ] ( mostly comp. with a prep. ; cf. √ [ grabh ] and see √ [ labh ] with which [ rabh ] is connected) cl. [1] Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxiii , 5) [ rábhate ] ( mc. also [ °ti ] and ep. [ rambhati ] , [ °te ] ; pf. [ rebhé ] Lit. RV. ; also [ rārabhe ] and 1. pl. [ rarabhmá ] ; aor. [ árabdha ] Lit. RV. ; fut. [ rabdhā ] Gr. ; [ rapsyati ] Lit. MBh. ; [ °te ] Lit. ib. ; inf. [ rabdhum ] Lit. MBh. ; Ved. [ rábham ] , [ rábhe ] ; ind.p. [ rábhya ] Lit. RV. ) , to take hold of , grasp , clasp , embrace Lit. BhP. ( [ arabhat ] Lit. Hariv. 8106 w.r. for [ ārabhat ] ) ; to desire vehemently Lit. MW. ; to act rashly Lit. ib. ( cf. [ rabhas ] , [ rabhasa ] ) : Pass. [ rabhyate ] aor. [ arambhi ] , Lit. Pāṇ. 7-1 , 63 : Caus. [ rambhayati ] , [ °te ] aor. [ ararambhat ] Lit. ib. : Desid. [ ripsate ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4 , 54 : Intens. [ rārabhyate ] , [ rārabhīti ] , [ rārabdhi ] ( as far as these forms really occur , they are only found after prepositions ; cf. [ anv-ā- ] , [ ā- ] , [ prā- ] , [ vy-ā- ] , [ pari- ] , [ saṃ-rabh ] )