Today we will look at the form बुभूषति 3As-लँट् from श्रीमद्भागवतम् 11.15.22.

यदा मन उपादाय यद्यद्रूपं बुभूषति । तत्तद्भवेन्मनोरूपं मद्योगबलमाश्रयः ॥ ११-१५-२२ ॥
परकायं विशन्सिद्ध आत्मानं तत्र भावयेत् । पिण्डं हित्वा विशेत्प्राणो वायुभूतः षडङ्घ्रिवत् ॥ ११-१५-२३ ॥

श्रीधर-स्वामि-टीका –
मन उपादाय उपादानकारणं कृत्वा यद्यद्देवादिरूपं भवितुमिच्छति तत्तन्मनोरूपं मनसोऽभीष्टरूपं योगी भवेत् । कुतः । यतो मद्योगबलम् । योऽहमचिन्त्यशक्तिर्नानाकारस्तस्मिन्मयि मनसो योगो धारणा तस्य बलं प्रभावः स एवाश्रयः कारणम् ॥ २२ ॥ यत्र प्रविविक्षति तत्रात्मानं चिन्तयेत् । ततः पिण्डं स्वदेहं हित्वा प्राणः प्राणप्रधानलिङ्गशरीरोपाधिर्वायुभूतो बाह्यवायौ भूतः प्रविष्टस्तेन मार्गेणेत्यर्थः । षडङ्घ्रिवत् भृङ्गो यथा पुष्पात्पुष्पान्तरमनायासेन प्रविशति तद्वत् ॥ २३ ॥

Translation – The Yogī gets converted into the very form, sought for by his mind, that he wishes to assume making the mind his material (for that form), the force of concentration of the mind on Me (whose potency is inconceivable and who appear in numerous forms) being the ground of all Siddhis (22). Seeking to enter another (soulless) body, the Yogī who has controlled his breath as well as his Indriyas and mind should conceive himself as present in that body. (As a result of such contemplation) his vital air (the chief constituent of his astral body, which makes for his Jīvahood) leaves his (own) body and becoming one with the cosmic air, enters (along with it) the other (through its nostrils) as a black bee passes from one flower to another (23).

बुभूषति is a desiderative form derived from the धातुः √भू (भू सत्तायाम्, भ्वादि-गणः, धातु-पाठः #१. १)

भू + सन् । By 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).

= भू + स । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

Note: By 7-2-12 सनि ग्रहगुहोश्च – The affix सन् does not get the augment इट्, when following the verbal root √ग्रह् (ग्रहँ उपादाने ९. ७१) or √गुह् (गुहूँ संवरणे १. १०४३) or any verbal root ending in a उक् letter. 7-2-12 stops 7-2-35 आर्धधातुकस्येड् वलादेः।
By 1-2-9 इको झल् – The affix सन् is considered to be a कित् (having ककारः as a इत्) when it begins with a झल् letter and follows a verbal root that ends in a इक् letter. This allows 1-1-5 क्क्ङिति च to stop 7-3-84 सार्वधातुकार्धधातुकयोः।

= भूस् भूस । 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.

= भू भूस । 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.

= भु भूस । By 7-4-59 ह्रस्वः, the अच् (vowel) of a reduplicate (अभ्यासः – ref. 6-1-4 पूर्वोऽभ्यासः) is substituted by a short vowel.

= भु भूष । 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.)

= बुभूष । 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।

“बुभूष” has धातु-सञ्ज्ञा by 3-1-32 सनाद्यन्ता धातवः।

In the धातु-पाठः, the verbal root √भू is devoid of any indications for bringing in आत्मनेपद-प्रत्यया:। Therefore, as per 1-3-78 शेषात् कर्तरि परस्मैपदम्, in कर्तरि प्रयोग: √भू takes परस्मैपद-प्रत्यया: by default. Hence the सन्नन्त-धातुः “बुभूष” 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, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्।

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

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

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

(4) बुभूष + शप् + तिप् । 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.

(5) बुभूष + अ + ति । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-8 लशक्वतद्धिते, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(6) बुभूषति । By 6-1-97 अतो गुणे।

Questions:

1. Where has the सूत्रम् 1-2-9 इको झल् been used in Chapter 3 of the गीता?

2. Commenting on the सूत्रम् 7-2-12 सनि ग्रहगुहोश्च the तत्त्वबोधिनी says ग्रहेर्नित्यं गुहेर्विकल्पेन प्राप्ते निषेधोऽयम्। Please explain.

3. Commenting on the सूत्रम् 1-2-9 इको झल् the तत्त्वबोधिनी says इगन्तात्किम्। पिपासति। Please explain.

4. Commenting further on the सूत्रम् 1-2-9 the तत्त्वबोधिनी says झलीति किम्। शिशयिषते। Please explain.

5. From which verbal root is the सन्नन्त-धातुः “विविक्ष” (used in the word प्रविविक्षति in the commentary) derived?

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“I want to be rich.” Use the adjective प्रातिपदिकम् “धनवत्” for “rich.”

Easy Questions:

1. Which सूत्रम् is used for the उपधा-दीर्घः in the form आत्मानम् (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम् “आत्मन्”, द्वितीया-एकवचनम्)?

2. Is the same सूत्रम् (answer to question 1) used for the उपधा-दीर्घः in the form योगी (प्रातिपदिकम् “योगिन्”, पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्)?