राजनि युधिकृञः

Adhyāya 3 · Pāda 2 · Rule 95

The affix kvanip comes after the verbs yudha 'to fight' and kṛ 'to make' with a past signification when the word rājan 'king' is in composition, in the Accusative -2nd case.,

How can the verb युध्, which is an intransitive verb, govern an object ? It is a transitive verb, in as much as it is taken to be a causative verb, with the णिच् affix latent. As राजयुध्वन्,1st. sing. राजयुध्वा 8.2.7 'who has caused the king to fight'; राजकृत्वन्, 1st. sing. राजकृत्वा (VI.1.71.) 'who has made a king'.,

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