So also after a finite verb, comes the affix tamap (tama) when 'surpassing' is meant,
By ङ्याप्प्रातिपदिकात् (IV. I. I) whose force runs throughout, the taddhita affixes are ordained only after nominal stems; they would not have come after verbs, hence this sutra. Thus पचतितमाम् (the आम् is added by 5.4.11 = सर्व इमे पचन्तीति, अयमेषामतिशयेन पचति, 'he cooks surprisingly'. जल्पतितमाम् &c. The affix इष्ठन् never comes after a verb, as by 5.3.58, it is restricted to adjectives.,
