Today we will look at the form वेपथुः mNs from श्रीमद्भागवतम् 3.19.23.

तदा दितेः समभवत्सहसा हृदि वेपथुः । स्मरन्त्या भर्तुरादेशं स्तनाच्चासृक्प्रसुस्रुवे ।। ३-१९-२३ ।।
विनष्टासु स्वमायासु भूयश्चाव्रज्य केशवम् । रुषोपगूहमानोऽमुं ददृशेऽवस्थितं बहिः ।। ३-१९-२४ ।।
तं मुष्टिभिर्विनिघ्नन्तं वज्रसारैरधोक्षजः । करेण कर्णमूलेऽहन्यथा त्वाष्ट्रं मरुत्पतिः ।। ३-१९-२५ ।।

श्रीधर-स्वामि-टीका
भर्तुरादेशं त्वत्पुत्रौ भगवान्हनिष्यतीत्येवंभूतम् ।। २३ ।। उपगूहमानो बाह्वोरन्तर्निधाय सङ्घट्टयन् ।। २४ ।। अहन् जघान । त्वाष्ट्रं वृत्रम् । मरुत्पतिरिन्द्रः ।। २६ ।।

Gita Press translation – That very moment, all of a sudden, a shudder ran through the heart of Diti (Hiraṇyākṣa’s mother) as she recalled the words of her lord (the sage Kaśyapa); and blood flowed from her breasts (23). When he saw his magic forces dispelled, he went into the presence of Lord Keśava once more and, full of rage, encompassed Him with his arms (in order to crush Him; but to his great amazement and chagrin) he found the Lord standing outside the circle of his arms (24). As he (now) began to strike the Lord with his fists, which were harder than adamant, Lord Adhokṣaja (who is beyond sense-perception) slapped him in the root of his ear, even as Indra (the lord of the Maruts or gods of winds) hit the demon Vṛtra (son of Twaṣṭā, the architect of gods) (25).

वेपनं वेपथु:।

The प्रातिपदिकम् ‘वेपथु’ is derived from the verbal root √वेप् (टुवेपृँ कम्पने १. ४२५).

In the verbal root ‘टुवेपृँ’ the beginning ‘टु’ is a इत् by 1-3-5 आदिर्ञिटुडवः and the ending ‘ऋ’ is a इत् by 1-3-2 उपदेशेऽजनुनासिक इत्। Both take लोप: by 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(1) वेप् + अथुच् । By 3-3-89 ट्वितोऽथुच् – To denote the sense of the verbal root as having attained to a completed state, the affix ‘अथुच्’ may be used following a verbal root which is marked with ‘टु’।

(2) वेपथु । अनुबन्ध-लोप: by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम् and 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

Note: Words derived by using the affix अथुच् are used in the masculine gender in the language.

The विवक्षा here is प्रथमा-एकवचनम् ।

(3) वेपथु + सुँ । By 4-1-2 स्वौजसमौट्छष्टाभ्याम्भिस्ङेभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसिँभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसोसाम्ङ्योस्सुप्।

(4) वेपथु + स् । अनुबन्ध-लोपः by 1-3-2 उपदेशेऽजनुनासिक इत् and 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(5) वेपथु: । रुँत्व-विसर्गौ by 8-2-66 ससजुषो रुः and 8-3-15 खरवसानयोर्विसर्जनीयः।

Questions:

1. Where has वेपथु: been used in the गीता?

2. The वृत्ति: of the सूत्रम् 3-3-89 ट्वितोऽथुच् (used in step 1) in the काशिका says – टु इद् यस्य, तस्माट् ट्वितो धातोरथुच् प्रत्ययो भवति भावादौ। But the सिद्धान्तकौमुदी says – अयमपि स्वभावाद् भाव एव। Please explain.

3. Why doesn’t the affix ‘क्त’ take the augment ‘इट्’ in the form ‘नष्ट’ (used in विनष्टासु)?

4. Where has the सूत्रम् 6-4-98 गमहनजनखनघसां लोपः क्ङित्यनङि been used in the verses?

5. Which सूत्रम् is used for the derivation of the प्रातिपदिकम् ‘सार’ used in वज्रसारै:?

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“When Mārīca heard the word ‘Rāma’ a tremor arose in his body.” Use the verbal root √जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे ४. ४४) for ‘to arise.’

Easy questions:

1. The form अहन् used in the verses is derived from the verbal root √हन् (हनँ हिंसागत्योः २. २). Here it is लँङ्, प्रथम-पुरुष:, एकवचनम्। Which other combination of पुरुष:/वचनम् has the same form अहन्?

2. Where has the pronoun प्रातिपदिकम् ‘अदस्’ been used in the verses?