The affix loṭ (Imperative) is used after a root in the sense of commanding etc.,
The Imperative Mood is employed also under the circumstances mentioned in the last aphorism. The division of this aphorism from the last, is for the sake of subsequent sutras in which the anuvritti of लोट् only runs and not those of others. Thus :--
(1) कटं तावद् भवान् करोतु 'make the mat'; ग्रामं भवान् आगच्छतु ।
(2 and 3) अमुत्र भवान् आस्ताम् 'there you are invited to, or you may, sit'.
(4) पुत्रम्भवान् अध्यापयतु 'you will teach, I hope, the son'.
(5) किं भो वेदमध्ययै उत तर्कं 'Sir what shall I learn, the Veda or the Logic'?
(6) भवति मे प्रार्थना व्याकरणमध्ययै छन्दोऽध्ययै 'this is my prayer that I may learn the Grammar, or that I may learn the Prosody'.,