पीड् [ pīḍ ] [ pīḍ ] Root ( prob. fr. [ pisd ] = [ pi- ] √ [ sad ] ) pf. [ pipīḍé ] , to be squeezed or pressed out (as Soma) Lit. RV. iv , 22 , 8 ; cl. [10] P. or Caus. [ pīḍayati ] ( ep. also [ °te ] ; aor. [ apipīḍat ] , or [ apīpiḍat ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4 , 3) Lit. Dhātup. xxxii , 11 ; to press , squeeze ( [ kālaṃ kālena pīḍayan ] , " Pressing time against time " i.e. " leaving everything to time " Lit. Mn. i , 51) Lit. AV. ; to hurt , harm , injure , oppress , pain , vex Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. to beleaguer (a city) Lit. R. ; to break (a vow) Lit. Yājñ. ; to neglect (one's family) Lit. MBh. ; (in astrol.) to cover (esp. with something inauspicious) , to eclipse , obscure Lit. Var. : Pass. [ pīḍyate ] , to be pressed or pained or afflicted Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to cause pain , hurt Lit. Pañcad.