Welcome to the 16th session of the #LearnSamskritam
Today’s session will be about the tenses and moods in Sanskrit.16/1
There are six tenses and four moods in Sanskrit.
Six Tenses: one Present Tense, three Past Tenses (Aorist, Imperfect and Perfect), two Future Tenses (the First Future and the Second Future)
Four Moods: Imperative, Potential, Benedictive and Conditional. 16/2
लट् (Present Tense) Action which is started and not finished yet
लिट् (Perfect Past Tense) Action in the past which is not witnessed by speaker
लङ् (Simple Past Tense) Action in the past but not of today
लुङ् (General Past Tense) Action in the past in general 16/3
लुट् (First Future Tense) Action in the future but not of today
लृट् (Second Future Tense) Action in the future in general 16/4
लोट् (Imperative Mood) Command, invitation, prayer, etc.
विधिलिङ् (Potential Mood) Command, invitation, prayer, hypothetical, etc.
आशीर्लिङ् (Benedictive Mood) Expression of wish
लृङ् (Conditional Mood) Action which could have happened 16/5
The Present Tense or वर्तमान-काल belongs to the present period; this Tense, besides its proper use, is often used for the future, for example किं करोमि kiṁ karomi 'what shall I do'.16/6
The present tense is also sometimes used for the Imperative, for example तत् कुर्मः tat kurmaḥ' let us do that'; the addition of the particle स्मsma to the present form gives it the force of a perfect past. 16/7
Although the three Past Tenses are used without much distinctions, yet it should be observed that they properly express different degrees of past time. 16/8
The Aorist or भूत bhūta properly expresses 'time indefinitely past' and refers to an event done or past at some indefinite period, whether before or during the current day. सः अवादीत् saḥ avādīt ‘He spoke’. 16/9
The Imperfect or अनद्यतनभूत anadyatanabhūta denotes past action not done today, it also refers to 'past incomplete action', yet it is commonly used to denote 'indefinite past time'. सः अगच्छत् saḥ agacchat ‘He went.’ 16/10
The Perfect or परोक्षभूत parokṣabhūta is said to have reference to an event completely done before the present day at some remote period or at some definite period of past time, unperceived by or out of sight of the narrator. रामो नाम राजा बभूव rāmo nāma rājā babhūva 16/11
That's all for today. In the next session the rest of the lessons connected with the tenses and moods will be covered.
पुनर्दर्शनाय punardarśanāya
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