([RV.] mṛḻ) cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 38]), mṛḍati (mṛḻati; once Ā. mṛḍase, [Kāṭh.]) cl. 9. P. mṛḍnāti ([xxxi, 44]), cl. 10., mṛḍayati (mṛḻáyati), °te; mṛṇḍayati (?), [xxxii, 117] (pf. mamarḍa Gr.; mamṛḍyuḥ, [RV.]; amarḍīt Gr.; fut. marḍitā, °ḍiṣyati, [ib.]; inf. marḍitum, [ib.]; ind.p. mṛḍitvā, [Pāṇ. i, 2, 7]), to be gracious or favourable, pardon, spare (with dat. of pers. and acc. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c.; to treat kindly, make happy, rejoice, delight (with acc.), [BhP.] : Caus. marḍayati (aor. amīmṛḍat, or amamarḍat) Gr.: Desid. mimarḍiṣati, [ib.] : Intens. marīmṛḍyate, marīmarṭṭi, [ib.]