स्पृह् [ spṛh ] [ spṛh ]1 Root ( connected with √ [ spardh ] , [ spṛdh ] ) cl. [10] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxxv , 19) [ spṛháyati ] ( mc. also [ °te ] ; pr. p. [ spṛhayat ] or [ spṛhayamāṇa ] , once in Lit. Āpast. [ spṛhantī ] ; pf. [ spṛhayām-āsa ] or [ -babhūva ] Lit. MBh. ; aor. [ apaspṛhat ] inf. [ spṛhayitum ] Gr.) , to be eager , desire eagerly , long for (dat. gen. , or acc.) Lit. RV. ; to envy , be jealous of (dat. gen. , or acc.) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ( cf. Gk. 1 ; Germ. (springen) ; Eng. (spring) . )