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 d. It has even come to be a formal rule that a verb immediately following another verb is accented: thus, (ÇB.) whoever worships him thus is filled with offspring and cattle.

595. Second, the verb is accented, whatever its position, in a dependent clause.

a. The dependency of a clause is in the very great majority of cases conditioned by the relative pronoun, or one of its derivatives or compounds. Thus: what offering thou protectest;  they are coming who shall behold her hereafter;  along with that which is mine;  whither our fathers of old departed;  let me die on the spot, if I am a sorcerer;  as days follow one another in order;  how great this whole creation is;  what desiring we sacrifice to thee, let that become ours;  whichever one desires to enjoy.

b. The presence of a relative word in the sentence does not, of course, accent the verb, unless this is really the predicate of a dependent clause: thus, they make off like thieves (as thieves do);  whatever [is] immovable and movable trembles;  he lies down at his pleasure.

c. The particle when it means if, and  if,  give an accent to the verb: thus,  if a Brahman has grasped her hand;  if thou, Soma, willest us to live, we shall not die;  if he will come here, we will make friends with him.

d. There are a very few passages in which the logical dependence of a clause containing no subordinating word appears to give the verb its accent: thus, when our men, horse-winged, come into conflict, let the chariot-fighters of our side, O Indra, win the victory. Rarely, too, an imperative so following another imperative that its action may seem a consequence of the latter's is accented: thus, come hither quickly; drink along with the Kanvas (i. e. in order to drink).

e. A few other particles give the verb an accent, in virtue of a slight subordinating force belonging to them: thus, especially (with its negation ), which in its fullest value means for, but shades off from that into a mere asseverative sense; the verb or verbs connected with it are always accented: thus,  let them release him, for they are releasers;  if we, forsooth, are as it were unrenowned; — also, meaning lest, that not: thus,  that the sun may not burn thee with his beam;  saying to himself,