Nom. P. vratáyati, to drink the (hot) Vrata-milk (also with payas &c.), [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; [ŚBr.]; to eat or drink after a fast, [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [AitĀr.], Sch., (w.r. avrajayat) ; to observe a vow, [MW.]; to fast or practise any abstinence in consequence of a vow, [ib.]; to avoid certain kinds of food (as Śūdra food), [Pāṇ. iii, 5, 21], Sch.; to eat together, [MW.]