Bhajati [bhaj to divide, partake etc.: see Caus. bhājeti & cp. vi˚] to associate with (acc.), keep companionship with, follow, resort to; to be attached to (acc.), to love. Freq. syn. of sevati. The Dhtp & Dhtm mark the fig. meaning (bhaj2) by sevāyaŋ (Dhtp 61), sevāputhakkare (Dhtm 523) & saŋsevane (ib. 76), whilst the lit. (bhaj1) is expressed by vibhājane. -- Sn 958 (bhajato rittaŋ āsanaŋ; gen. sq. ppr.=sevato etc. Nd1 466); Dh 76, 303; Pug 26, 33; J i.216=iii.510 (disā bh.) vi.358; Sdhp 275. -- Pot. bhaje Dh 76, 78, and bhajetha Dh 78 (=payirupāsetha), 208 in sense of imper.; hence 2nd sg. formed like Caus. as bhajehi J iii.148 (C. bhajeyyāsi; cp. Geiger, P.Gr. 1392). <-> -- grd. bhajitabba Nd2 s. v. kāmaguṇā B (sevitabba, bh., bhāvetabba).