Today we will look at the form जघ्नुः 3Ap-लिँट् from श्रीमद्भागवतम् 9.20.34

तस्यासन्नृप वैदर्भ्यः पत्न्यस्तिस्रः सुसम्मताः ।
जघ्नुस्त्यागभयात्पुत्रान्नानुरूपा इतीरिते ।। ९-२०-३४ ।।

नानुरूपा मत्सदृशा न भवन्तीति भर्त्रा ईरिते सति व्यभिचारशङ्कयास्मांस्त्यक्ष्यतीति भयात्पुत्रान् जघ्नुः । पुनः पुत्राणां दर्शने वैसादृश्यानुसन्धानेन त्यजेन्नान्यथेत्याशयेन हतवत्यः ।।

Gita Press translation “Bharata had three beloved wives, (all of them) daughters of the king of Vidarbha, O protector of men ! They disposed of their own sons for fear of being forsaken by their husband, because it was remarked (by him) that the sons were not after him.”

जघ्नुः is derived from the धातुः √हन् (हनँ हिंसागत्योः, अदादि-गणः, धातु-पाठः #२. २)

The ending अकारः (which is an इत्) of “हनँ” has a उदात्त-स्वरः। Thus the √हन्-धातुः is devoid of any indications for bringing in आत्मनेपद-प्रत्यया:। (Neither 1-3-12 अनुदात्तङित आत्मनेपदम् nor 1-3-72 स्वरितञितः कर्त्रभिप्राये क्रियाफले applies.) Therefore, as per 1-3-78 शेषात् कर्तरि परस्मैपदम्, the √हन्-धातुः, in कर्तरि प्रयोग:, will take the परस्मैपद-प्रत्यया: by default.

The विवक्षा is लिँट्, कर्तरि प्रयोग:, प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, hence the प्रत्ययः is “झि”।

(1) हन् + लिँट् । By 3-2-115 परोक्षे लिँट् , the affix लिँट् (Perfect Tense) comes after a verbal root in the sense of the past not of today, provided that the action is unperceived by the narrator.

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

(3) हन् + झि । 3-4-78 तिप्तस्झिसिप्थस्थमिब्वस्मस्तातांझथासाथांध्वमिड्वहिमहिङ् mandates the प्रत्ययः “झि” as the substitute for the लकारः। By 3-4-115 लिट् च, a तिङ्-प्रत्यय: which comes in place of लिँट् gets the आर्धधातुक-सञ्ज्ञा। Therefore “झि” gets the आर्धधातुक-सञ्ज्ञा। This prevents 3-1-68 कर्तरि शप्‌ (which requires a सार्वधातुक-प्रत्यय: to follow) from applying.

(4) हन् + उस् । By 3-4-82 परस्मैपदानां णलतुसुस्थलथुसणल्वमाः, when they come in place of लिँट्, the nine परस्मैपद-प्रत्यया: – “तिप्”, “तस्”, “झि”, “सिप्”, “थस्”, “थ”, “मिप्”, “वस्” and “मस्” – are substituted by “णल्”, “अतुस्”, “उस्”, “थल्”, “अथुस्”, “अ”, “णल्”, “व” and “म” respectively.
1-3-4 न विभक्तौ तुस्माः prevents the ending सकार: of “उस्” from getting the इत्-सञ्ज्ञा।

(5) हन् हन् + उस् । By 6-1-8 लिटि धातोरनभ्यासस्य , when लिँट् follows a verbal root, there is reduplication of the first portion – containing a single vowel – of the verbal root which is not already reduplicated. But if the verbal root (that has more than one vowel) begins with a vowel, then the reduplication is of the second portion – containing a single vowel.

Note: As per 1-1-59 द्विर्वचनेऽचि, while reduplication is yet to be done, a substitution (in this case लोप: of the अकार: by 6-4-98 गमहनजनखनघसां लोपः क्ङित्यनङि) shall not be made in the place of a vowel on the basis of a vowel (in this case the उकार: of “उस्”) that is the cause for reduplication.
Note: This rule only temporarily stops the substitution until reduplication is done. Once reduplication is done, the substitution does takes place (in step 8 below.) If 6-4-98 were allowed to operate before 6-1-8, then there would have been no अच् left in the अङ्गम् and we would not have been able to apply 6-1-8 at all.

Therefore we apply 6-1-8 लिटि धातोरनभ्यासस्य before applying 6-4-98 गमहनजनखनघसां लोपः क्ङित्यनङि।

(6) झन् हन् + उस् । By 7-4-62 कुहोश्चुः, in a reduplicate (अभ्यासः – ref. 6-1-4 पूर्वोऽभ्यासः), a letter of the कवर्गः or हकारः is replaced by a letter of the चवर्गः । The substitutions take place as per 1-1-50 स्थानेऽन्तरतमः।

(7) झ हन् + उस् । By 7-4-60 हलादिः शेषः, of the consonants of a reduplicate (अभ्यासः – ref. 6-1-4 पूर्वोऽभ्यासः), only the one (if any) at the beginning is retained, the rest are elided.

(8) झ ह् न् + उस् । By 6-4-98 गमहनजनखनघसां लोपः क्ङित्यनङि, the उपधा (penultimate letter – ref. 1-1-65 अलोऽन्त्यात् पूर्व उपधा) of the verbal roots √गम् (गमॢँ गतौ १. ११३७), √हन् (हनँ हिंसागत्योः २. २), √जन् ([जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे ४. ४४], [जनँ जनने ३. २५]), √खन् (खनुँ अवदारणे १. १०२०) and √घस् (घसॢँ अदने १. ८१२) is elided, when followed by an अजादि-प्रत्ययः which is a कित् or a ङित् with the exclusion of the “अङ्”-प्रत्ययः।
Note : By 1-2-5 असंयोगाल्लिट् कित्, a लिँट् affix which is not a पित् – does not have पकार: as a इत् – shall be considered to be a कित् (as having ककार: as a इत्), as long as there is no संयोग: (conjunction consonant) prior to the affix. Hence, “उस्” is a कित्-प्रत्यय:। This allows 6-4-98 to apply.

(9) झ घ् न् + उस् । By 7-3-54 हो हन्तेर्ञ्णिन्नेषु, the हकारः of √हन् (हनँ हिंसागत्योः २. २) gets replaced by a letter of the कवर्ग: when followed by an affix with ञकारः or णकारः as an इत्, or when followed (immediately) by a नकारः। See advanced question.

(10) झघ्नुः । रुँत्व-विसर्गौ – 8-2-66 ससजुषो रुः and 8-3-15 खरवसानयोर्विसर्जनीयः ।

(11) जघ्नु: । By 8-4-54 अभ्यासे चर्च, in a reduplicate (अभ्यासः – ref. 6-1-4 पूर्वोऽभ्यासः), a letter of the झल्-प्रत्याहारः is substituted by a letter of the चर्-प्रत्याहारः or जश्-प्रत्याहारः। The substitutions take place as per 1-1-50 स्थानेऽन्तरतमः।

Questions:

1. In Chapter One of the गीता, where has √हन् (हनँ हिंसागत्योः, अदादि-गणः, धातु-पाठः #२. २) been used with the प्रत्यय: “झि” (as in this example)?

2. In the verse, in the derivation of which word is 6-4-22 असिद्धवदत्राभात्‌ required?

3. Which सूत्रम् is used for the “तिसृ”-आदेश: (in place of “त्रि”) in the form तिस्र: (प्रातिपदिकम् “त्रि”, स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्)?

4. Can you spot a “इय्”-आदेश: in the commentary?

5. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“Sri Rama destroyed all the demons in the Dandaka forest.” Use the (compound) neuter प्रातिपदिकम् “दण्डकारण्य” for “the Dandaka forest.”

Advanced question:

1. In step 9 why did we apply 7-3-54 हो हन्तेर्ञ्णिन्नेषु instead of 7-3-55 अभ्यासाच्च? Both will give the same result, but since 7-3-55 is a पर-कार्यम् (later rule in the अष्टाध्यायी) compared to 7-3-54, shouldn’t we give preference to 7-3-55? (Note: The वृत्ति: of 7-3-55 says अभ्यासात्परस्य हन्तेर्हस्य कुत्वं स्यात्। The हकार: of √हन् (हनँ हिंसागत्योः #२. २) takes a कवर्गादेश: (घकार:) when it follows a अभ्यास:।)
The answer to this question is given in the तत्त्वबोधिनी as follows – यद्यप्यत्र “अभ्यासाच्च” इत्यस्यापि प्रवृत्तिरस्ति तथाप्यन्तरङ्गत्वात् “हो हन्ते:-” इत्युपन्यस्तम्। Please explain.

Easy questions:

1. Where has 6-1-105 दीर्घाज्जसि च been used in the verse?

2. Where has the प्रत्यय: “झि” been used in the commentary?