Lesson 20. Step 1. Commanding with the लोट् लकार |
Lesson 5. Dost thou remember Jagadeesha asking us who we were with a, "भवान् कः ? भवती का ? "
- भवान् and भवती are प्रथमा विभक्तिः एकवचनम् forms of the root words भवत् and भवती respectively, which mean the respectful forms of "you."
- Even though भवत् and भवती mean " you", they aren't "त्वम्, युवाम् and यूयम् " and as such just HAVE to fall into the प्रथमः पुरुषः |
- Only त्वम् , युवाम् and यूयम् fall into the मध्यमः पुरुषः ....so all verb-endings that go with this group are सि, थः and थ of the लट् लकार and the basic changed verb form, तम् and त of the लोट् लकार |
- Therefore the verb-endings you should use with भवान् and भवती is ति of the लट् लकार and तु of the लोट् लकार |
- To give you examples, त्वं पिबसि परन्तु भवान् / भवती पिबति Note the difference: भवती is feminine "you". भवति is the प्रथमः पुरुषः एकवचनम् form of the धातु " भू " ; meaning "to be" and is a verb.
- Now let us look at a combination of this भवान् and भवती with the सम्बोधन |
Ram has come home. I'd like him to drink some water. I offer him some water and say, "राम, त्वं जलं पिब " Skip the त्वं, the sentence becomes " राम, जलं पिब |" The पिब lets you know that राम is younger than i am OR even though my age or older, so close to me that i feel comfortable with the usage of त्वं when talking to him.
If the same Ram were to come to my home, i may say, "राम, भवान् जलं पिबतु " OR "राम, जलं पिबतु " This lets you know that Ram is someone i respect....he could be younger, my age or older.......it doesn't matter...by the use of पिबतु, i have conveyed respect.
Go back to our Lesson 13. Welcome Tritiya, and go through the prayer picked from the शिवकवचम् .
There are many who refer to everyone, young and old as भवान् and भवती | And there are just as many who prefer using the त्वम् group as well. The choice is completely yours.
Interesting custom:
It is obvious that certain people will always be spoken to in the प्रथमः पुरुषः .... one's parents, teachers etc. So how does one address Parama Pujya Swamiji?
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प्रथमा वि॰ |
भवान् |
भवन्तौ |
भवन्तः
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भवती
| प्रथमा वि॰ | भवती | भवत्यौ | भवत्यः |
Let's work with the मध्यम पुरुष next.
That was fairly simple , wasn't it? So at Step 1, we have learned the usage of the words भवान् , भवती , त्वम् , युवाम् and यूयम् along with the लोट् |
The Supplement section Supplement 8 has been fattened with many लोट् forms . Use them along with the above words, to build your fluency.