Today we will look at the form प्रेम्णा from श्रीमद्भागवतम् SB 9-10-56.

प्रेम्णानुवृत्त्या शीलेन प्रश्रयावनता सती ।
धिया ह्रिया च भावज्ञा भर्तुः सीताहरन्मनः ।। ९-१०-५६ ।।

Gita Press translation – By Her affection, obedience, amiable disposition, intelligence and bashfulness, Sītā, who was not only virtuous but meek through humility and knew His intention, captivated the mind of Her (divine) Spouse.

‘प्रेमन्’ gets प्रातिपदिकसंज्ञा by 1-2-45 अर्थवदधातुरप्रत्ययः प्रातिपदिकम्। The विवक्षा here is तृतीया-एकवचनम्।

(1) प्रेमन् + टा । By 4-1-2 स्वौजसमौट्छष्टाभ्याम्भिस्ङेभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसिँभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसोसाम्ङ्योस्सुप्।

(2) प्रेम् अन् + आ । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-7 चुटू and 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः। The अङ्गम् gets the भ-सञ्ज्ञा by 1-4-18 यचि भम्।

(3) प्रेम्ना । By 6-4-134 अल्लोपोऽनः – There is an elision of the अकारः of “अन्” when
i) the “अन्” belongs to a अङ्गम् and
ii) the “अन्” is (immediately) followed by a स्वादि-प्रत्यय: which is not सर्वनामस्थानम् and which either begins with a यकारः or a vowel (अच्)।

(4) प्रेम्णा । By 8-4-2 अट्कुप्वाङ्नुम्व्यवायेऽपि – The letter “न्” is replaced by “ण्” when either “र्” or “ष्” precedes, even if intervened by a letter of the अट्-प्रत्याहार: or by a letter of the क-वर्ग: or प-वर्गः or the term “आङ्” or “नुँम्” (अनुस्वारः) either singly or in any combination.

Questions:

1. Where is the सूत्रम् 6-4-77 अचि श्नुधातुभ्रुवां य्वोरियङुवङौ used in this verse?

2. The अमरकोश: gives four synonyms for the word “स्नेह:” (प्रातिपदिकम् “स्नेह” masculine) – meaning affection/love. One of them is प्रेमा (प्रातिपदिकम् “प्रेमन्” masculine). Another is प्रेम (प्रातिपदिकम् “प्रेमन्” neuter.) (In this verse प्रेम्णा can be masculine or neuter.) Please list the remaining two.
प्रेमा ना प्रियता हार्दं प्रेम स्नेह:।।१-७-२७।।
(इति पञ्च “स्नेहस्य” नामानि)

3. Use the verb “अहरत्” meaning “captivated” to compose the following sentence in Sanskrit:
“The beauty of nature captivated the mind of the sages.”

4. Which term used in this verse has the नदी-सञ्ज्ञा?

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

6. There are nine स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकानि which end in ईकार: but unlike the नदी-शब्द: there is no सुँलोप: in the प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (6-1-68 हल्ङ्याब्भ्यो दीर्घात्‌ सुतिस्यपृक्तं हल् does not apply.) Two of those nine words are in this verse. Which are they?

7. Sometimes a सूत्रम् takes the entire previous सूत्रम् as अनुवृत्ति:। There are two such rules used in this example. Can you spot them?

8. No सुँप्-प्रत्यय: begins with a यकार:। Why has पाणिनि: still included the यकार: in the सूत्रम् 1-4-18 यचि भम् ?

Easy questions:

1. Which सूत्रम् is used to get प्रेम्णा + अनुवृत्त्या = प्रेम्णानुवृत्त्या ? (Same rule is used to get सीता + अहरत् = सीताहरत्)

2. Consider the form शीलेन। The प्रातिपदिकम् is “शील” and तृतीया-एकवचनम् has been used. Steps are as follows:
a) शील + टा by 4-1-2 स्वौजसमौट्छष्टा……….
b) शील + इन by 7-1-12 टाङसिङसामिनात्स्याः।
c) शीलेन
Which सूत्रम् was used in the last step?

3. Which word in the verse translates to “virtuous”? (Use the on-line Apte dictionary for help.)