Today we will look at the form मे fDs from शाकुन्तलम् 1-29.

राजा — ( ग्रहीतुमिच्छन्निगृह्यात्मानम् । आत्मगतम् ) अहो चेष्टाप्रतिरूपिका कामिजनमनोवृत्तिः । अहं हि अनुयास्यन्मुनितनयां सहसा विनयेन वारितप्रसरः । स्थानादनुच्चलन्नपि गत्वेव पुनः प्रतिनिवृत्तः॥ 1-29 ॥
प्रियंवदा — ( शकुन्तलां निरुध्य ) हला न ते युक्तं गन्तुम् ।
शकुन्तला — ( सभ्रूभङ्गम् ) किंनिमित्तम् ।
प्रियंवदा — वृक्षसेचने द्वे धारयसि मे । एहि तावत् । आत्मानं मोचयित्वा ततो गमिष्यसि ।

Translation – The king (wanting to grasp (Śakuntalā), having restrained himself. (Said) to himself) – ‘Ah! what passes in the mind [the state of mind] of a lover has not a counterpart in his gestures : for, being about to follow the hermit’s daughter, all at once I have been restrained  by decorum from advancing; although not (really) moving from my place, as if having gone, I have turned back again.’

Priyaṁvadā – ‘You owe me two (times) watering of trees. Come now. After freeing yourself (of your debt to me) then you shall leave.’

मे is चतुर्थी-एकवचनम् of the सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम् ‘अस्मद्’।

‘अस्मद्’ (‘I’/’we’) gets the designation सम्‍प्रदानम् (recipient) here by the सूत्रम् 1-4-35 धारेरुत्तमर्णः – When a causative form of the verbal root √धृ (धृङ् अवस्थाने ६. १४८) is employed, that कारकम् (participant in the action) who is the creditor gets the designation सम्‍प्रदानम् (recipient.)
Note: उत्तमर्णो धनस्वामी – उत्तमर्ण: refers to one who is the creditor (the owner of the money.)

(1) अस्मद् + ङे । By 4-1-2 स्वौजसमौट्छष्टाभ्याम्भिस्ङेभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसिँभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसोसाम्ङ्योस्सुप्। As per 2-3-13 चतुर्थी सम्प्रदाने – A fourth case affix (‘ङे’, ‘भ्याम्’, ‘भ्यस्’) is used to denote the सम्‍प्रदानम् (recipient) provided it has not been expressed otherwise.

(2) मे । By 8-1-22 तेमयावेकवचनस्य – The प्रातिपदिके ‘युष्मद्’ and ‘अस्मद्’ along with a singular affix of the fourth or sixth case, get ‘ते’ and ‘मे’ as replacements respectively when the following conditions are satisfied:
1. There is a पदम् (which in the present example is धारयसि) in the same sentence preceding ‘युष्मद्’/’अस्मद्’।
2. ‘युष्मद्’/’अस्मद्’ is not at the beginning of a metrical पाद:।

Questions:

1. In how many places in the गीता has the सूत्रम् 1-4-35 धारेरुत्तमर्णः been used?
(i) 0 (ii) 1 (iii) 2 (iv) 3

2. Commenting on the सूत्रम् 1-4-35 धारेरुत्तमर्णः the सिद्धान्तकौमुदी says – उत्तमर्ण: किम्? देवदत्ताय शतं धारयति ग्रामे। Please explain.

3. Which सूत्रम् justifies the use of the affix तुमुँन् used in the form ग्रहीतुम् in the present example?

4. Where has the सूत्रम् 3-3-14 लृटः सद् वा been used in the present example?

5. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“King Daśaratha owed two boons to Kaikeyī.”

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“I don’t owe anybody anything.”

Easy questions:

1. From which verbal root is एहि derived?

2. Which सूत्रम् prescribes the augment इट् in the form गमिष्यसि?