Today we will look at the form अयम् from श्रीमद्भागवतम् SB 3-11-36

अयं तु कथितः कल्पो द्वितीयस्यापि भारत ।
वाराह इति विख्यातो यत्रासीत्सूकरो हरिः ।। ३-११-३६ ।।

Gita Press translation “The present has been declared as the opening Kalpa of the second Parārdha, O Vidura, (a scion of Bharata). It is known by the name of Vārāha-Kalpa, inasmuch as Śrī Hari took the form of a boar in this Kalpa.”

‘इदम्’ gets प्रातिपदिकसंज्ञा by 1-2-45 अर्थवदधातुरप्रत्ययः प्रातिपदिकम् and सर्वनाम-सञ्ज्ञा by 1-1-27 सर्वादीनि सर्वनामानि । The विवक्षा here is प्रथमा-एकवचनम् । 4-1-2 स्वौजसमौट्छष्टाभ्याम्भिस्ङेभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसिँभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसोसाम्ङ्योस्सुप् mandates the प्रत्ययाः सुँ, औ, जस् etc. after the प्रातिपदिकम् ‘इदम्’ ।

(1) इदम् + सुँ ।

(2) इद म् + सुँ । Now by 7-2-102 त्यदादीनामः the ending मकार: of “इदम्” would have been replaced by an अकारः। But (when the सुँ-प्रत्यय: follows) 7-2-108 इदमो मः ordains a मकारः in the place of मकारः to stop 7-2-102.

(3) अय् अ म् + सुँ । By 7-2-111 इदोऽय् पुंसि, when the affix सुँ follows, the इद् part of इदम् gets the replacement अय्, in the context of the masculine gender.

(4) अयम् + स् । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-2 उपदेशेऽजनुनासिक इत् and 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(5) अयम् । सकार-लोपः by 6-1-68 हल्ङ्याब्भ्यो दीर्घात्‌ सुतिस्यपृक्तं हल्।

Questions:

1. Please list the eleven synonyms of “सूकर:” (प्रातिपदिकम् “सूकर” masculine) – meaning “pig” – as given in the अमर-कोश:।
वराहः सूकरो घृष्टिः कोलः पोत्री किरः किटिः।
दंष्ट्री घोणी स्तब्धरोमा क्रोडो भूदार इत्यपि ।।२-५-२।।
(इति द्वादश “सूकरस्य” नामानि)

2. The अव्ययम् (indeclinable) “इति” normally ends a quotation. Where does the quotation begin in this verse?

3. Use some words from this verse to construct the following sentence in Sanskrit:
“There was a king known by the name Dasaratha.”

4. Which प्रातिपदिकम् used in this verse has the घि-सञ्ज्ञा?

5. In step 2, 7-2-108 इदमो मः, replaces the मकारः at the end of “इदम्” with a मकारः। This looks like a redundant operation, but the purpose is to stop 7-2-102 त्यदादीनामः which would have otherwise applied.
We have seen another rule where the substitute is the same as the item being replaced. Can you recall which one that is?

6. Why is the ending यकार: at the end of the “अय्” आदेश: (prescribed by 7-2-111 इदोऽय् पुंसि) not an इत् as per 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम् ?

7. Can you find a verse in the गीता in which the word अयम् comes three times?

8. Where has the ङस्-प्रत्यय: been used in this verse?

Easy questions:

1. Which सूत्रम् was used to get यत्र + आसीत् = यत्रासीत् ?

2. Why has 6-1-87 आद्गुणः not been applied between वाराह इति ?