ud-√ gai P. -gāyati (-gāti, [ŚāṅkhBr. xvii, 7]) to begin to sing; to sing or chant (applied especially to the singing or chanting of the Sāmaveda cf. ud-gātṛ́), [RV. x, 67, 3]; [AV. ix, 6, 45]-[48.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [TS.]; [Lāṭy.] &c. ; to sing out loud, [Śiś. vi, 20]; to announce or celebrate in song, sing before any one (with acc.); to fill with song, [ŚvetUp.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.] &c.