Today we will look at the form प्रतिपत्तिः fNs from श्रीमद्भागवतम् 3.6.23.

बुद्धिं चास्य विनिर्भिन्नां वागीशो धिष्ण्यमाविशत् । बोधेनांशेन बोद्धव्यप्रतिपत्तिर्यतो भवेत् ।। ३-६-२३ ।।
हृदयं चास्य निर्भिन्नं चन्द्रमा धिष्ण्यमाविशत् । मनसांशेन येनासौ विक्रियां प्रतिपद्यते ।। ३-६-२४ ।।

श्रीधर-स्वामि-टीका
विक्रियां संकल्पादिरूपाम् ।। २४ ।।

Gita Press translation – Subsequently appeared in Him the intellect, the abode of Brahmā (the lord of Saraswatī, the goddess presiding over speech), who entered it along with his power, the faculty of understanding, the means of apprehending that which is to be known (23). Thereafter appeared in Him a heart, the abode of the moon-god, who entered it along with his power, the mind, by means of which the Jīva indulges in thoughts of various kinds (24).

प्रतिपदनम्। प्रतिपद्यतेऽनयेति वा प्रतिपत्तिः।

Note: In the verses, प्रतिपत्तिः is used as part of the compound बोद्धव्यप्रतिपत्तिः = बोद्धव्यस्य प्रतिपत्तिः।

The compound स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम् ‘प्रतिपत्ति’ is derived from the verbal root  √पद् (पदँ गतौ ४. ६५) preceded by the उपसर्ग: ‘प्रति’।

(1) प्रति पद् + क्तिन् । By 3-3-94 स्त्रियां क्तिन् – The affix क्तिन् may be used following a verbal root to denote in the feminine gender either (i) the sense of the verbal root as having attained to a completed state or (ii) any कारक: except the agent of the action, provided the word so derived is a proper name.
Note: घञोऽपवादः । The affix क्तिन् prescribed by this सूत्रम् is a अपवाद: (exception) to the affix ‘घञ्’ prescribed by 3-3-18 भावे and 3-3-19 अकर्तरि च कारके संज्ञायाम्।
Note: By the वार्तिकम् (under 3-3-94 स्त्रियां क्तिन्) सम्पदादिभ्‍यः क्विप् (क्तिन्नपीष्‍यते) – The affix क्विँप् (as well as क्तिन्) maybe used following the verbal root सम्पद् (√पद् (पदँ गतौ ४. ६५) preceded by the उपसर्ग: ‘सम्’) etc to denote in the feminine gender either (i) the sense of the verbal root as having attained to a completed state or (ii) any कारक: except the agent of the action, provided the word so derived is a proper name.
‘प्रतिपद्’ is considered to belong to the सम्पदादि-गण:। See question 2.

(2) प्रति पद् + ति । अनुबन्ध-लोप: by 1-3-3 हलन्त्यम्, 1-3-8 लशक्वतद्धिते and 1-3-9 तस्य लोपः।

(3) प्रति पत् + ति । By 8-4-55 खरि च।

= प्रतिपत्ति ।

‘प्रतिपत्ति’ 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।

The विवक्षा is प्रथमा-एकवचनम्।

(4) प्रतिपत्ति + सुँ । By 4-1-2 स्वौजसमौट्छष्टाभ्याम्भिस्ङेभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसिँभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसोसाम्ङ्योस्सुप्।

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

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

Questions:

1. Where has the affix क्तिन् been used for the last time in the गीता?

2. What would be the final form in this example if the affix क्विँप् were to be used (instead of the affix क्तिन्)?

3. Where else (besides in ‘प्रतिपत्ति’) has the affix क्तिन् been used in the verses?

4. Which सूत्रम् prescribes the substitution ‘न्’ in ‘भिन्न’?

5. Can you spot a कृत्य-प्रत्यय: in the verses?

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“What should be done in that case?” Paraphrase to “What should be the course of action there?” Use the प्रातिपदिकम् ‘प्रतिपत्ति’ for ‘course of action.’

Easy questions:

1. Where has the सूत्रम् 6-4-14 अत्वसन्तस्य चाधातोः been used in the verses?

2. Can you spot the augment अट् in the verses?