“Incorrect usage”

With reference to the clarification issued by Farrokh Vajifdar to "Incorrect usage” (Readers’ Forum, Parsiana, October 21, 2015), there is an error in his explanation. He states that the basic meaning of "gachati” in Sanskrit is "to come.” This is not accurate. In fact, "gachati” in Sanskrit and Pali means "to go.” Thus "Buddham saranan gacchami” literally means "I go to take refuge in the Buddha.”
MALCOLM PRINTER
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Farrokh Vajifdar responds:
Guilty, not as charged, but for failing in my earlier explanation to provide "compare and contrast” regarding the Sanskrit root word GAM before the gachati. For the enlightenment and pacification of Printer, this revisit to a once long-standing problem of Zarathushtra’s pairi.jasat which replaces gachati in certain verses of the Gathas, is refreshing.
Printer’s use of a Pali phrase, whilst prettily translated, is selective and highly restricted. Had he consulted the range presented (with references), perhaps he would have quickly realized that the Sanskrit GAM covers both "to come” and "to go.” Specifically on gachati, Monier-Williams has written: "with substitution of gacch for gam, gacchati…;” "with prepositions — gamya or gatya — "to go, move, go away, set out, come, to go to or towards, approach...”
For the Avestan, Christian Bartholomae’s awesome Dictionary explains GAM at great length and with precise indications from our vast Avestic literature. Among these, one finds "to go; to come.”
Lastly, on the subject of come and go, some moments’ reflection could be devoted to "toing-and-froing,” "coming-and-going,” the French "aller et venir,” and not least our Parsi-Gujarati "aav-jaav.”