gra:5737

[funderburkjim]

date: 10/26/2022 18:52:41 dict: gra Lnum: 5737 hw: pṛc old: Stamm II. pipṛc: LB -kta [3. pl.] sám 3) óṣadhīs mádhvā 288,21. new: Stamm II. pipṛc: LB -kta [2. pl.] comm: False parsing. Corrected in later editions

[funderburkjim]

OLD
<div n="P1">-kta [3. <ab>pl.</ab>] {@sám@} 3) óṣadhīs <lbinfo n="6"/> mádhvā {288,21}.
NEW
<div n="P1">-kta [2. <ab>pl.</ab>] {@sám@} 3) óṣadhīs <lbinfo n="6"/> mádhvā {288,21}.

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[funderburkjim]

The following gives a rather tortuous amateur analysis that confirms the suggested correction.

See the RV reference 288,21 (https://sanskrit-lexicon.github.io/rvlinks/rvhymns/rv03.054.html#rv03.054.21) The sentence is सदा॑ सु॒गः पि॑तु॒माँ अ॑स्तु॒ पन्था॒ मध्वा॑ देवा॒ ओष॑धीः॒ सं पि॑पृक्त.

• English: soft be our path for ever, well-provisioned: with pleasant meath, O Gods, the herbs besprinkle.
• German: Immer soll unser Weg gut zu gehen, nahrungsreich sein. Ihr Götter, durchtränkt die Pflanzen mit Süßigkeit!
• Google translation of German: Our way should always be good, rich in nourishment. Ye gods, saturate the plants with sweetness!

The sentence has two clauses

• सदा॑ सु॒गः पि॑तु॒माँ अ॑स्तु॒ पन्था॒

• मध्वा॑ देवा॒ ओष॑धीः॒ सं पि॑पृक्त`

• अ॑स्तु॒ is imperative (3rd person singular) , with subject पन्था॒

• panthās lemmatizes as: [pathin]{m. sg. nom.} ( Huet stemmer).

  • the 's' is dropped by sandhi of visarga with m in मध्वा

• देवाः is plural either nominative, accusative, or vocative

  • The visarga is dropped by sandhi with ओष॑धीः॒

• ओष॑धीः॒ is accusative plural

• मध्वा॑ is instrumental singular pf maDu

• पि॑पृक्त may also be imperative, by analogy with अ॑स्तु॒.

  • MW shows pipfkta under pfc along with pipfgDi as class 3 forms: cl. 3. P. pipfgDi, pipfkta
  • The imperative 2nd person forms of the verb 'nij' are given in Kale's Grammar as
  • By analogy, we may conclude that पि॑पृक्त is imperative 2nd plural of pfc cl. 3. P.
    • <<<< This is what Patrick's correction says
  • Incidentally, we may now infer that देवाः is vocative plural, as in the German-English translation.

[gasyoun]

Patrick

Could we attract Patrick for more error checking? @funderburkjim

[funderburkjim]

I sent a note to Patrick requesting him to get a Github account to help with the integration of GRA VN (per @Andhrabharati's observation of VN in #1015.)

Hope he will be able to help.

[gasyoun]

I sent a note to Patrick requesting him to get a Github account

Thanks, let us see.

[Andhrabharati]

Now that the VN del/chg updation is done by Jim himself, this issue is closable now.