Today we will look at the form वार्मुचाम् mGp from श्रीमद्भागवतम् 10.24.9

तं तात वयमन्ये च वार्मुचां पतिमीश्वरम् । द्रव्यैस्तद्रेतसा सिद्धैर्यजन्ते क्रतुभिर्नराः ।। १०-२४-९ ।।
तच्छेषेणोपजीवन्ति त्रिवर्गफलहेतवे । पुंसां पुरुषकाराणां पर्जन्यः फलभावनः ।। १०-२४-१० ।।

श्रीधर-स्वामि-टीका –
ततः किमित्यत आह – तमिति । तमिन्द्रं वार्मुचां मेघानां पतिं स्वामिनमीश्वरं नियन्तारम् । तद्रेतसा तद्वृष्टिपयसा ।। ९ ।। उपजीवन्त्युपजीविकां कल्पयन्ति । धर्मार्थकामसिद्धये । ननु कृष्यादिभिर्जीवन्ति, किमिन्द्रेण तत्राह – पुंसामिति । फलभावनः फलसाधकः । पर्जन्यं विना कृष्यादिवैफल्यादित्यर्थः ।। १० ।।

Gita Press translation – We and other men, O darling, worship the aforesaid almighty ruler of the clouds through sacrificial performances conducted by means of substances produced with the water discharged by him, and subsist on the remains of such sacrifices for the attainment of the threefold reward in the shape of religious merit, enjoyment and worldly possessions. (In this way) it is Indra who yields the fruit (in the shape of a bumper crop) of men’s efforts (in the form of agriculture) (9-10).

वारि मुञ्चतीति वार्मुक् । Note: वारि is the द्वितीया-बहुवचनम् of the neuter प्रातिपदिकम् “वार्”।

“मुच्” is a कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिकम् (participle form) derived from the verbal root √मुच् (तुदादि-गणः, मुचॢँ मोक्षणे (मोचने), धातु-पाठः # ६. १६६)

The (compound) प्रातिपदिकम् “वार्मुच्” is derived as follows:

(1) वार् + आम् + मुच् + क्विँप् । By the 3-2-76 क्विप् च – (In addition to the affixes mentioned in the सूत्रम् 3-2-74) the affix “क्विँप्” may also be used (following any verbal root with or without the presence of a उपपदम्।)

Note: The term सुपि (which comes as अनुवृत्ति: in to the सूत्रम् 3-2-76 क्विप् च from the सूत्रम् 3-2-4 सुपि स्थः) ends in the seventh (locative) case. Hence “वार् + आम्” gets the उपपद-सञ्ज्ञा here by 3-1-92 तत्रोपपदं सप्तमीस्थम्‌।

Note: The affix “आम्” is used here as per 2-3-65 कर्तृकर्मणोः कृति – To express the agent or the object (of an action), a nominal stem takes a sixth case affix when the nominal stem is used in conjunction with a term which ends in a कृत् affix. (This is what is called as कृद्योगे षष्ठी)।

(2) वार् + आम् + मुच् + व् । अनुबन्ध-लोप: by 1-3-2 उपदेशेऽजनुनासिक इत्, 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-8 लशक्वतद्धिते and 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(3) वार् + आम् + मुच् । By 6-1-67 वेरपृक्तस्य – The वकारः which is अपृक्तः (a single letter प्रत्ययः), takes लोपः। As per 1-2-41 अपृक्त एकाल् प्रत्यय:, here the वकारः has अपृक्त-सञ्ज्ञा। Note: The affix क्विँप् is a कित्। This enables 1-1-5 क्क्ङिति च to stop 7-3-86 पुगन्तलघूपधस्य च।

We form a compound between “वार् आम्” (which is the उपपदम्) and “मुच्” by using the सूत्रम् 2-2-19 उपपदमतिङ् – A सुबन्तम् (term ending in a सुँप् affix) having the designation “उपपद” (in this case “वार् आम्”) invariably compounds with a syntactically related term (in this case “मुच्”) as long as the compound does not end in a तिङ् affix.

In the compound, “वार् आम्” is placed in the prior position as per 2-2-30 उपसर्जनं पूर्वम्‌ – In a compound a term which has the designation “उपसर्जन” should be placed in the prior position. Note: Here “वार् आम्” is the उपपदम् and hence it gets the उपसर्जन-सञ्ज्ञा by 1-2-43 प्रथमानिर्दिष्टं समास उपसर्जनम् – A term denoted by a word (in this case “उपपदम्”) ending in a nominative case in a सूत्रम् (in this case 2-2-19 उपपदमतिङ्) which prescribes a compound gets the designation “उपसर्जन”।
“वार् आम् + मुच्” gets प्रातिपदिक-सञ्ज्ञा by 1-2-46 कृत्तद्धितसमासाश्च – A word form that ends in a कृत्-प्रत्ययः or a तद्धित-प्रत्ययः and so also compounds gets the name प्रातिपदिकम्।

(4) वार् + मुच् । By 2-4-71 सुपो धातुप्रातिपदिकयोः – A सुँप् affix takes a लुक् elision when it is a part of a धातुः or a प्रातिपदिकम्।

= वार्मुच् ।

The विवक्षा is पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्।

(5) वार्मुच् + आम् । By 4-1-2 स्वौजसमौट्छष्टाभ्याम्भिस्ङेभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसिँभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसोसाम्ङ्योस्सुप्। 1-3-4 न विभक्तौ तुस्माः prevents the ending मकारः of “आम्” from getting इत्-सञ्ज्ञा।

= वार्मुचाम्

Questions:

1. Where has the सूत्रम् 3-2-76 क्विप् च (used in step 1) been used in the last fifteen verses of Chapter Four of the गीता?

2. Which कृत्-प्रत्यय: is used to derive the प्रातिपदिकम् “साधक” (used in the commentary)?

3. Where has the सूत्रम् 3-1-26 हेतुमति च been used in the commentary?

4. Can you spot the affix “तृच्” in the commentary?

5. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“All the clouds were dispersed by the powerful wind.” Use a causative form of the verbal root √द्रु (द्रु गतौ १. १०९५) with the उपसर्ग: “वि” for “disperse.” Use the adjective प्रातिपदिकम् “प्रबल” for “powerful.”

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“One who knows the Self knows everything.” Use a उपपद-समास: for “one who knows the Self” (आत्मानं वेत्ति) and for “one who knows everything” (सर्वं वेत्ति)।

Easy questions:

1. Where has the सूत्रम् 7-1-17 जसः शी been used in the verses?

2. In which two words in the verses has लँट् been used?