वृ [ vṛ ] [ vṛ ]2 Root cl. [5] [9] P. Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxvii , 8 ; xxxi , 16 , 20) [ vṛṇoti ] , [ vṛṇute ] ; [ vṛṇā́ti ] , (mostly) [ vṛṇīté ] ( in Lit. RV. also [ váras ] , [ °rat ] , [ °ranta ] , but these may be Subj. aor. ; pf. [ vavāra ] Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; [ vavre ] Lit. RV. ( 2. sg. [ vavṛṣé ] , 1. pl. [ vavṛmáhe ] ) ; aor. [ avri ] , [ avṛta ] Lit. RV. ( Pot. [ vurīta ] , p. [ urāṇá ] ) ; [ avṛṣi ] , [ °ṣata ] Lit. AV. Lit. Br. ( 2. pl. [ avṛḍhvam ] ) Lit. Up. ; [ avarīṣṭa ] Gr. ; Prec. [ variṣīṣṭa ] Lit. ib. ; fut. [ varītā ] Lit. ib. ; [ variṣyate ] Lit. Br. ; [ varīṣyate ] Gr. ; inf. [ varītum ] Lit. Bhaṭṭ. Lit. Rājat. ; [ varitum ] Gr. ; ind.p. [ varitvā ] or [ vṛtvā ] Lit. GṛŚrS. ; [ varītvā ] Gr.) , to choose , select , choose for one's self , choose as ( [ -arthe ] or acc. of pers.) or for ( [ -artham ] or dat. , loc. instr. of thing) Lit. RV. ; to choose in marriage , woo Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to ask a person (acc.) for (acc.) or on behalf of ( [ kṛte ] ) Lit. R. Lit. Kathās. ; to solicit anything (acc.) from (abl. or [ -tas ] ) , Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pur. ; to ask or request that (Pot. with or without [ iti ] ) Lit. R. Lit. MBh. ; to like better than , prefer to (abl. , rarely instr.) Lit. RV. Lit. AitBr. Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ; to like , love (as opp. to " hate " ) Lit. MBh. v , 4149 ; to choose or pick out a person (for a boon) , grant (a boon) to (acc.) Lit. Rājat. iii , 421 : Caus. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxxv , 2) [ varayati ] , [ °te ] (ep. also [ vārayati ] ; Pass. [ varyáte ] Lit. Br.) ; to choose , choose for one's self , choose as (acc. of pers.) or for ( [ -artham ] dat. or loc. of thing) , ask or sue for (acc.) or on behalf of (dat. or [ -arthe ] ) , choose as a wife (acc. with or without [ patnīm ] , [ dārān ] , or [ patny-artham ] ) Lit. Br. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to like , love well Lit. R. ( cf. Lat. (velle) ; Slav. (voliti) ; Got. (wiljian) ; Germ. (wollan) , (wollen) , (Wahl) , (wohl) ; Angl.Sax. (willan) ; Eng. (will) . )