vi-√ śrath (only 3. sg. pf. Ā. -śaśrathe), to open for one's self, [RV. ix, 70, 2] : Caus. -śrathayati (2. sg. Impv. -śrathāya, Subj. aor. -śiśrathaḥ), to loosen, untie, [RV.]; [AV.]; to remit, pardon (a sin), [RV. iv, 12, 4]; to destroy, [ib.] [ii, 28, 7.]