Today we will look at the form गृहात् n-Ab-s from श्रीमद्भागवतम् 4.31.1.

मैत्रेय उवाच
तत उत्पन्नविज्ञाना आश्वधोक्षजभाषितम् । स्मरन्त आत्मजे भार्यां विसृज्य प्राव्रजन्गृहात् ।। ४-३१-१ ।।
दीक्षिता ब्रह्मसत्रेण सर्वभूतात्ममेधसा । प्रतीच्यां दिशि वेलायां सिद्धोऽभूद्यत्र जाजलिः ।। ४-३१-२ ।।

श्रीधर-स्वामि-टीका
ततो दिव्यवर्षसहस्राणां सहस्रस्यान्ते उत्पन्नविवेकज्ञानास्ते ‘उपयास्यथ मद्धाम निर्विद्य निरयादतः’ इत्यधोक्षजभाषितं स्मरन्त आशु प्राव्रजन् ।। १ ।। ब्रह्मसत्रेणात्मविमर्शेन दीक्षिताः कृतसंकल्पा बभूवुः । सर्वेषु भूतेष्वात्मेति मेधा ज्ञानं यस्मिंस्तेन । क्व । वेलायां समुद्रतटे । जाजलिर्नाम ऋषिः ।। २ ।।

Translation – Maitreya continued: After that (i.e., after enjoying earthly and celestial pleasures for a million years – vide verse 17 of the last discourse) when wisdom dawned on the Pracetās, they remembered the words of Lord Viṣṇu (vide verse 18 of the same discourse) and, leaving their wife (Māriṣā) to the care of their son (Dakṣa,) immediately quit from home (by way of renunciation) (1). On the seashore in the west, where (the celebrated sage) Jājali had attained perfection (in the form of God-Realization) they took a vow of enquiry into the Supreme Spirit, which culminates in the realization of the same as the one animating principle permeating all life (2).

गृहात् is पञ्चमी-एकवचनम् of the नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम् ‘गृह’।

(1) गृह + ङसिँ । By 4-1-2 स्वौजसमौट्छष्टाभ्याम्भिस्ङेभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसिँभ्याम्भ्यस्ङसोसाम्ङ्योस्सुप्। As per the 1-4-24 ध्रुवमपायेऽपादानम् – When detachment (moving away) is to be denoted, that कारकम् (participant in the action) which serves as a limiting (starting) point (uninfluenced by the detachment) gets the designation अपादानम् (that from which detachment takes place.) In the present example ‘गृह’ (home) gets the designation अपादानम्। By 2-3-28 अपादाने पञ्चमी – A fifth case affix (‘ङसिँ’, ‘भ्याम्’, ‘भ्यस्’) is used to denote the अपादानम् (that from which detachment/ablation takes place) provided it has not been expressed otherwise.

(2) गृह + आत् । By 7-1-12 टाङसिङसामिनात्स्याः – Following a अङ्गम् ending in the letter ‘अ’, the affixes ‘टा’, ‘ङसिँ’ and ‘ङस्’ are replaced respectively by ‘इन’, ‘आत्’ and ‘स्य’। 1-3-4 न विभक्तौ तुस्माः prevents the ending letter ‘त्’ of ‘आत्’ from getting the इत्-सञ्ज्ञा।

(3) गृहात् । By 6-1-101 अकः सवर्णे दीर्घः।

Questions:

1. Where has the सूत्रम् 1-4-24 ध्रुवमपायेऽपादानम् been used between verses 25-35 of Chapter One of the गीता?

2. Commenting on the सूत्रम् 1-4-24 ध्रुवमपायेऽपादानम् and the सूत्रम् 2-3-28 अपादाने पञ्चमी (both used in step 1) the सिद्धान्तकौमुदी says – कारकं किम्? वृक्षस्य पर्णं पतति। Please explain.

3. Which कृत् affix is used to derive the प्रातिपदिकम् ‘गृह’?

4. Can you spot the affix ‘ड’ in the verses?

5. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“Just now I have come from India.”

6. How would you say this in Sanskrit?
“Only when a fruit is ripe it falls from the tree.”

Easy questions:

1. Which सूत्रम् prescribes the augment ‘अट्’ in the form प्राव्रजन्?

2. Where has the सूत्रम् 2-4-77 गातिस्थाघुपाभूभ्यः सिचः परस्मैपदेषु been used in the verses?