2.3.67
क्तस्य च वर्तमाने
Operational rule vidhi
The past participle ending in क्त when used in the sense of the present tense, -- ञीतः क्तः (3.2.187) and -- मतिबुद्धिपूजार्थेभ्यश्च (3.2.188) , is used with the Genitive 6th-Case.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target क्तस्य ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context वर्त्तमाने saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
Full reading
क्तस्य च वर्त्तमाने
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Commentary
The past participle ending in क्त when used in the sense of the present tense, -- ञीतः क्तः 3.2.187 and -- मतिबुद्धिपूजार्थेभ्यश्च 3.2.188 , is used with the Genitive 6th-Case.
Ex. राज्ञां पूजितः 'honored by kings,' अहमेवमतो महीपतेः 'I alone am regarded by the king.'
Why do we say 'क्त'? Observe ओदनं पचमानः 'rice is cooked.' Why do we say 'when denoting the present tense'? Observe ग्रामं गतः 'gone to the village.'
Vart:- When used as abstract neuter nouns, past participles are used with the genitive, as मयूरस्य नृत्तं 'the dancing of a peacock' छात्रस्य हसितं 'the laughing of the student'. कोकिलस्य व्याहूतम् 'the screaming of the cuckoo.' When, however, agent is desired to be particularised, the instrumental case is employed : as छात्रेण हसितम्.
This sutra debars sutra 2.3.69 by which genitive is prohibited after Nishtha affixes. This is an exception to that sutra.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.