vṛ́thā ind. (prob. connected with √ 2. vṛ) at will, at pleasure, at random, easily, lightly, wantonly, frivolously, [RV.]; [Br.]; [Gobh.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]
in vain, vainly, uselessly, fruitlessly, idly, [TBr.] &c. &c. (with √ kṛ, ‘to make useless’, disappoint, frustrate; with √ bhū, ‘to be useless’, be disappointed or frustrated)
wrongly, falsely, incorrectly, unduly, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
vṛ́thā &c. See p. 1007, col. 3.