Today we will look at the form मन्ये 1As-लँट् from श्रीमद्भागवतम् 4-20-30.

मन्ये गिरं ते जगतां विमोहिनीं वरं वृणीष्वेति भजन्तमात्थ यत् ।
वाचा नु तन्त्या यदि ते जनोऽसितः कथं पुनः कर्म करोति मोहितः ।। ४-२०-३० ।।

Gita Press translation – The words “Ask (of Me) a boon (of your choice)” that You just addressed to me, enagaged in worshipping You (in a disinterested spirit), I reckon as intended to delude the creatures (of the world). If the people were not bound by the cords of Your speech (the Veda), wherefore should they take to action (with interested motives) under a spell of delusion?

मन्ये is derived from the धातुः √मन् (दिवादि-गणः, मनँ ज्ञाने, धातु-पाठः #४. ७३ )

The विवक्षा is लँट्, कर्तरि प्रयोग:, उत्तम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्।

In the धातु-पाठः, the √मन्-धातुः has one इत् letter which is the अकार: following the नकार:। This इत् letter has a अनुदात्त-स्वर:। Thus by 1-3-12 अनुदात्तङित आत्मनेपदम्, √मन्-धातुः will get आत्मनेपद-प्रत्ययाः। As per 1-4-100 तङानावात्मनेपदम्, the nine प्रत्यया: from “त” to “महिङ्” get the आत्मनेपद-सञ्ज्ञा। So √मन् can take only one of these nine प्रत्यया: in कर्तरि प्रयोग:।

Since the विवक्षा is उत्तम-पुरुष-एकवचनम्, the प्रत्यय: will be “इट्”।

(1) मन् + लँट् । By 3-2-123 वर्तमाने लट्, the affix लँट् comes after a धातुः when denoting an action in the present tense.

(2) मन् + ल् । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-2 उपदेशेऽजनुनासिक इत्, 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(3) मन् + इट् । 3-4-78 तिप्तस्झिसिप्थस्थमिब्वस्मस् तातांझथासाथांध्वमिड्वहिमहिङ् mandates the प्रत्ययः “इट्” as the substitute for the लकारः। “इट्” gets the सार्वधातुक-सञ्ज्ञा by 3-4-113 तिङ्शित्सार्वधातुकम् – The affixes of the तिङ्-प्रत्याहारः and the affixes that have शकारः as an इत् get the designation of सार्वधातुकम् if they are prescribed in the “धातो:” अधिकार:।

(4) मन् + इ । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(5) मन् + ए । By 3-4-79 टित आत्मनेपदानां टेरे।

(6) मन् + श्यन् + ए । By 3-1-69 दिवादिभ्यः श्यन्, the श्यन्-प्रत्यय: is placed after the verbal roots belonging to the दिवादि-गणः, when followed by a सार्वधातुक-प्रत्यय: that is used signifying the agent. This सूत्रम् is a अपवाद: (exception) to 3-1-68 कर्तरि शप्‌ ।

(7) मन् + य + ए । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-8 लशक्वतद्धिते , 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(8) मन्ये । By 6-1-97 अतो गुणे।

Questions:

1. Where has मन्ये been used in the गीता?

2. Where has the धातु: √ब्रू (ब्रूञ् व्यक्तायां वाचि, धातु-पाठः #२. ३९) been used in a तिङन्तं पदम् in the verse?

3. Can you spot a “उ”-प्रत्यय: in the verse?

4. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“How do you know the answers to (of) all the questions?” Use √विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने २. ५९) for “to know” and use an अव्ययम् from the verse for “how.”

5. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“Only one who is under the spell of delusion would speak like this.” Use an adjective from the verse for “one who is under the spell of delusion”, use the अव्ययम् “एव” for “only” and the अव्ययम् “एवम्” for “like this.” Use √ब्रू (ब्रूञ् व्यक्तायां वाचि, धातु-पाठः #२. ३९) for “to speak.” Use the appropriate form of the pronouns “यद्” and “तद्”।

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“I think that you’re tired.” Use the adjective “श्रान्त” for “tired.”

Easy questions:

1. Where has 8-2-7 नलोपः प्रातिपदिकान्तस्य been used in the verse?

2. Which सूत्रम् was used to get वृणीष्व + इति = वृणीष्वेति?