Today we will look at the form स्थाप्यः mNs from श्रीमद्वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् 2.52.32.

ब्रूयाश्च हि महाराजं भरतं क्षिप्रमानय । आगतश्चापि भरतः स्थाप्यो नृपमते पदे ॥ २-५२-३२ ॥
भरतं च परिष्वज्य यौवराज्येऽभिषिच्य च । अस्मत्सन्तापजं दुःखं न त्वामभिभविष्यति ॥ २-५२-३३ ॥
भरतश्चापि वक्तव्यो यथा राजनि वर्तसे । तथा मातृषु वर्तेथाः सर्वास्वेवाविशेषतः ॥ २-५२-३४ ॥

Gita Press translation – Also submit to the emperor (my father,) ‘(Pray) get Bharata soon. And when returned (from his maternal uncle’s,) Bharata should be installed in the office intended for him by Your Majesty (32). When you have (met and) embraced Bharata and installed in the office of Prince Regent, the agony caused by the remorse felt by you in our account will no longer (be able to) overpower you.’ (33) Bharata too should be exhorted in the following words: – ‘You should behave towards all your mothers without distinction in the same way as you do towards the king (your father.)’ (34)

“स्थाप्य” is a कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिकम् (participle form) derived from a causative form of the verbal root √स्था (भ्वादि-गणः, ष्ठा गतिनिवृत्तौ, धातु-पाठः #१. १०७७)

The धातुः “ष्ठा” has an initial षकारः in the धातु-पाठः। By 6-1-64 धात्वादेः षः सः , there is the substitution of सकारः in the place of the initial षकारः of a धातुः। And as per the न्यायः “निमित्तापाये नैमित्तिकस्याप्यपाय:” (when a cause is gone, its effect is also gone) the ठकार-आदेशः for the थकारः, which has come in by 8-4-41 ष्टुना ष्टुः, because of the presence of the षकारः, reverts to the थकारः since the cause for the ठकारादेश: no longer exists. So we now have √स्था।

(1) स्था + णिच् । By 3-1-26 हेतुमति च – The affix “णिच्” is used after a root, when the operation of a causer – such as the operation of directing – is to be expressed.

(2) स्था + इ । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-7 चुटू, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(3) स्था पुक् + इ । By 7-3-36 अर्त्तिह्रीव्लीरीक्नूयीक्ष्माय्यातां पुङ्णौ, the augment पुक् is added to the roots √ऋ (ऋ गतिप्रापणयोः १. १०८६, ऋ गतौ ३. १७), √ह्री (ह्री लज्जायाम् ३. ३), √व्ली (व्ली वरणे ९. ३७), √री (रीङ् श्रवणे ४. ३३, री गतिरेषणयोः ९. ३५), √क्नूय् (क्नूयीँ शब्द उन्दने च १. ५५८), √क्ष्माय् (क्ष्मायीँ विधूनने १. ५५९) and to a root ending in a आकार: when the causative affix “णि” follows. As per 1-1-46 आद्यन्तौ टकितौ, the “पुक्”-आगम: joins at the end of the अङ्गम् “स्था”।

(4) स्था प् + इ । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः। Note: The उकार: in “पुक्” is उच्चारणार्थ: (for pronunciation only.)

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

(5) स्थापि + यत् । By 3-1-97 अचो यत्‌ – The affix यत् may be used following a verbal root ending in a vowel.
Note: The affix ‘यत्’ has the designation ‘कृत्य’ since the सूत्रम् 3-1-97 अचो यत्‌ occurs in the अधिकारः of 3-1-95 कृत्याः प्राङ् ण्वुलः। Hence as per 3-4-70 तयोरेव कृत्यक्तखलर्थाः, it is used only to denote the action (भावः) or the object (कर्म)।

(6) स्थापि + य । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।
Note: “य” gets आर्धधातुक-सञ्ज्ञा by 3-4-114 आर्धधातुकं शेषः

(7) स्थाप्य । By 6-4-51 णेरनिटि – The “णि”-प्रत्यय: is elided when followed by an आर्धधातुक-प्रत्यय: which does not have the augment इट्।

“स्थाप्य” gets प्रातिपदिक-सञ्ज्ञा by 1-2-46 कृत्तद्धितसमासाश्च।

The विवक्षा is पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्।

(8) स्थाप्य + सुँ । By 4-1-2 स्वौजसमौट्छष्टाभ्याम्भिस्ङेभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसिँभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसोसाम्ङ्योस्सुप्।

(9) स्थाप्य + स् । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-2 उपदेशेऽजनुनासिक इत्, 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

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

Questions:

1. In the गीता where has the verbal root √स्था (ष्ठा गतिनिवृत्तौ १. १०७७) been used with the affix ‘णिच्’ in a तिङन्तं पदम्?

2. What would be the non-causative प्रातिपदिकम् derived by adding the affix ‘यत्’ directly to the verbal root √स्था (ष्ठा गतिनिवृत्तौ १. १०७७)?

3. Can you spot an augment ‘सीयुट्’ in the verses?

4. In the verses can you spot a तिङन्तं पदम् in which the affix ‘हि’ has been elided?

5. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
Arjuna said to Śrī Kṛṣṇa “You ought to place my chariot between the two armies.” Paraphrase “You ought to place my chariot” to “my chariot ought to be placed by you.”

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“I don’t think we should stay here.” Paraphrase this to “I think the action of staying here should not be done by us.”

Easy Questions:

1. Where has the सूत्रम् 3-4-80 थासस्से been used in the verses?

2. What is the alternate form for राजनि?