bādhate

 

The word "bādhate" is written in Devanagari 

as "बाधते"

The Sanskrit word "bādhate" generally translates 

to "hinders, obstructs, afflicts, annoys, 

or oppresses" in English.

Detailed Meaning

Literal and contextual senses:

Hinders or obstructs – to prevent, check, or interfere with 

an action or process 

Afflicts or annoys – to cause distress, trouble, pain, or suffering 

to someone or something 

Repels or drives away – in certain classical texts, it can mean

 to ward off, remove, or push aside 

Oppresses or harms – it can convey the sense of causing injury, 

oppression, or imposing pressure 

Grammatical usage:

• "Bādhate" is the present tense, third person singular form 
• of the root verb bādh in Sanskrit 

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• Its causative form bādhayati means “to cause to hinder
• or afflict.”
• Passive forms such as bādhiyate refer to “being hindered 
• or afflicted” 

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Contextual examples in literature:

• Used in Vedic and epic texts like the Mahābhārata and 
• Bhāgavata Purāṇa, "bādhate" can describe obstacles,
• afflictions, or resisting forces acting on a person or object 

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• Philosophical or Buddhist texts sometimes use it in the
• sense of hindrance to mental or spiritual progress, e.g., 
• "hinders mindfulness" 

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In summary, "bādhate" is a versatile verb in Sanskrit incorporating

ideas of obstruction, annoyance, affliction, or hindrance depending 

on context in literary or philosophical texts. For concise English

usage, it is often rendered as: hinders, obstructs, afflicts, annoys, 

or oppresses

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