Today we will look at the form दिधक्षामि 1As-लँट् from श्रीमद्वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् 3.68.27.

सौमित्रे हर काष्ठानि निर्मथिष्यामि पावकम् । गृध्रराजं दिधक्षामि मत्कृते निधनं गतम् ॥ ३-६८-२७ ॥
नाथं पतगलोकस्य चितिमारोपयाम्यहम् । इमं धक्ष्यामि सौमित्रे हतं रौद्रेण रक्षसा ॥ ३-६८-२८ ॥

Gita Press translation – Fetch logs of wood, O darling of Sumitrā, so that I shall produce fire by attrition, as I intend to cremate the king of vultures, who has suffered death for my sake (27). I will place the lord of the feathered kingdom on a funeral pile, and will (then) set fire to this bird killed by the fierce ogre, O darling of Sumitrā! (28)

दिधक्षामि is a desiderative form derived from the धातुः √दह् (भ्वादि-गणः, दहँ भस्मीकरणे धातु-पाठः #१. ११४६)

दह् + सन् । As per 3-1-7 धातोः कर्मणः समानकर्तृकादिच्छायां वा – In order to express wish/desire, the affix सन् is optionally prescribed after a verbal root which underlies the object of and shares the same agent with the verbal root √इष् (इषुँ इच्छायाम् ६. ७८).

= दह् + स । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः। Note: 7-2-10 एकाच उपदेशेऽनुदात्तात्‌ stops 7-2-35 आर्धधातुकस्येड् वलादेः।

= दह् स् दह् + स । By 6-1-9 सन्यङोः – There is reduplication of the first portion – containing a single vowel – of a verbal root ending in the affix “सन्”/”यङ्” 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.

= द दह् + स । 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.

= दि दह् + स । By 7-4-79 सन्यतः – When the affix “सन्” follows, a अकारः belonging to a reduplicate (अभ्यासः) is replaced by a इकारः।

= दि दघ् + स । By 8-2-32 दादेर्धातोर्घः – The हकारः of a धातु: that begins with a दकारः in the उपदेशः (धातु-पाठ:), gets घकारः as its replacement when followed by a झल् letter or at the end of a पदम्।

= दि धघ् + स । By 8-2-37 एकाचो बशो भष् झषन्तस्य स्ध्वोः – The part of a धातुः, which ends in a झष् letter and has only one vowel, gets its बश् letter replaced by the corresponding भष् letter when followed by a सकारः, the term “ध्व्” or at the end of a पदम्।

= दि धघ् + ष । By 8-3-59 आदेशप्रत्यययो:, the letter “स्” is replaced by the cerebral “ष्” when preceded either by a letter of the इण्-प्रत्याहार: or a letter of the क-वर्ग: (“क्”, “ख्”, “ग्”, “घ्”, “ङ्”)। This substitution only takes place if the “स्” is an आदेश: (substitute) or part of a प्रत्यय: (affix.)

= दिधक्ष । By 8-4-55 खरि च – A झल् letter is replaced by a चर् letter when a खर् letter follows.

“दिधक्ष” gets धातु-सञ्ज्ञा by 3-1-32 सनाद्यन्ता धातवः।

In the धातु-पाठः, the verbal root √दह् is devoid of any indications for bringing in आत्मनेपद-प्रत्यया:। Therefore, as per 1-3-78 शेषात् कर्तरि परस्मैपदम्, in कर्तरि प्रयोग: √दह् takes परस्मैपद-प्रत्यया: by default. Hence the सन्नन्त-धातुः “दिधक्ष” also takes परस्मैपद-प्रत्यया: as per 1-3-62 पूर्ववत् सनः – A सन्नन्त-धातुः (verbal root ending in the affix “सन्”) takes a आत्मनेपद-प्रत्यय: in the same manner as the verbal root to which the affix सन् is added.
Note: This implies that if the धातु: to which the affix सन् is added is आत्मनेपदी/परस्मैपदी/उभयपदी then the सन्नन्त-धातुः is correspondingly आत्मनेपदी/परस्मैपदी/उभयपदी।

The विवक्षा is लँट्, कर्तरि प्रयोगः, उत्तम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्।

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

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

(3) दिधक्ष + मिप् । 3-4-78 तिप्तस्झिसिप्थस्थमिब्वस्मस्तातांझथासाथांध्वमिड्वहिमहिङ् mandates “मिप्” as the substitute for the लकारः।

(4) दिधक्ष + मि । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम् , 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः ।

(5) दिधक्ष + शप् + मि । By 3-1-68 कर्तरि शप्, the शप्-प्रत्यय: is placed after a verbal root, when followed by a सार्वधातुक-प्रत्यय: that is used signifying the agent.

(6) दिधक्ष + अ + मि । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम् , 1-3-8 लशक्वतद्धिते , 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः ।

(7) दिधक्ष + मि । By 6-1-97 अतो गुणे।

(8) दिधक्षामि । By 7-3-101 अतो दीर्घो यञि – the ending अकार: of a अङ्गम् is elongated if it is followed by a सार्वधातुक-प्रत्यय: beginning with a letter of the यञ्-प्रत्याहार:।

Questions:

1. Where has the verbal root √दह् (दहँ भस्मीकरणे १. ११४६) been used in a तिङन्तं पदम् for the first time in the गीता?

2. Where else (besides in दिधक्षामि) has the verbal root √दह् (दहँ भस्मीकरणे १. ११४६) been used in a तिङन्तं पदम् in the verses?

3. What would be an alternate form for आरोपयामि?

4. From which verbal root has the form निर्मथिष्यामि been derived?

5. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“With His third eye, Lord Śiva wanted to burn Cupid.” Use a लिँट् form to express the past tense. Use the adjective प्रातिपदिकम् “तृतीय” for “third.”

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“I want to know the essence of the Veda.”

Easy Questions:

1. The सूत्रम् 8-2-32 दादेर्धातोर्घः (used in this example) is a अपवादः for which सूत्रम्?

2. Where has the सूत्रम् 7-2-109 दश्च been used in the verses?