caus. fr. √ gup or Nom. P. Ā. (fr. gopá; cf. √ gup) °yati, °yate (aor. Ved. 2. du. ajūgupatam, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 50], [Kāś.]), to guard, protect, preserve, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.] (Pass. gopyate, [ii], [iii]), [BhP.]; to keep, [VarBṛS. lxxxix, 13]; to hide, conceal, keep secret, [Pañcat.]; [RV. i, 11, 5]; [Sāy.]; [Mn. x, 59]; [Kull.]; ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 98] (cf. abhi-, pra-, saṃ-.)