Today we will look at the form क्रमते 3As-लँट् from श्रीमद्वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् 7.35.26.

तदोद्यन्तं विवस्वन्तं जपापुष्पोत्करोपमम् । ददर्श फललोभाच्च ह्युत्पपात रविं प्रति ॥ २३ ॥
बालार्काभिमुखो बालो बालार्क इव मूर्तिमान् । ग्रहीतुकामो बालार्कं प्लवतेऽम्बरमध्यगः ॥ २४ ॥
एतस्मिन्प्लवमाने तु शिशुभावे हनूमति । देवदानवयक्षाणां विस्मयः सुमहानभूत् ॥ २५ ॥
नाप्येवं वेगवान्वायुर्गरुडो न मनस्तथा । यथायं वायुपुत्रस्तु क्रमतेऽम्बरमुत्तमम् ॥ २६ ॥

Gita Press translation – That (very) moment he espied the rising sun having the hue of a heap of Japā (China rose) flowers and in his eager desire to get at it, thinking it to be a fruit, he sprang towards the sun (23). With his face turned towards the sun, the babe, which looked like the rising sun incarnate, continued to shoot up in mid heavens with intent to catch hold of the rising sun (24). While the yonder Hanūmān in his childlike simplicity was shooting up in this manner, the gods, Dānavas and Yakṣas felt extremely astonished (25). (They said to themselves:-) ‘Neither the wind-god nor Garuḍa (the king of birds, the mount of Lord Viṣṇu,) nor even the mind moves so swiftly as does this son of the wind-god course through the high skies (26).

क्रमते is derived from √क्रम् (क्रमुँ पादविक्षेपे १. ५४५).

In the धातु-पाठः, “क्रमुँ” has one इत् letter – the उकार: following the मकार:। This इत् letter has a उदात्त-स्वर:। Thus √क्रम् is devoid of any indications for bringing in आत्मनेपद-प्रत्यया:।
But as per 1-3-43 अनुपसर्गाद्वा – When not preceded by a उपसर्गः, the verbal root √क्रम् (क्रमुँ पादविक्षेपे १. ५४५) takes a आत्मनेपदम् affix optionally. See question 2.

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

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

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

(3) क्रम् + त । By 3-4-78 तिप्तस्झिसिप्थस्थमिब्वस्मस्तातांझथासाथांध्वमिड्वहिमहिङ्।

(4) क्रम् + ते । By 3-4-79 टित आत्मनेपदानां टेरे, the टि-भागः of a आत्मनेपद-प्रत्ययः which substitutes a टित्-लकारः (a लकार: which has टकार: as a इत्), gets एकारः as the replacement.

(5) क्रम् + शप् + ते । 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) क्रमते । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-8 लशक्वतद्धिते, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

Questions:

1. Where has the verbal root √क्रम् (क्रमुँ पादविक्षेपे १. ५४५) been used in a तिङन्तं पदम् in the गीता?

2. What would be the final form in this example if a परस्मैपदम् affix were to be used?

3. What would be an alternate final form (in place of क्रमते) in this example?

4. Why doesn’t the सूत्रम् 7-3-84 सार्वधातुकार्धधातुकयोः apply in the form अभूत्?

5. In how many places has the affix “णल्” been used in the verses?

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“A wise man never treads on the wrong path.” Use the masculine प्रातिपदिकम् “उत्पथ” for “wrong path.”

Easy Questions:

1. Where has the प्रातिपदिकम् “इदम्” been used in the verses?

2. Which verbal root has been used in the form प्लवते?