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गत्यर्थाकर्मकॱ श्लिषशीङ्स्थासॱवसजनरुहजीर्यतिभ्यश्च ONPANINI 34072

/kta can optionally not show the object when after
verbs meaning going,
objectless verbs,
zliS श्लिष् "embrace"
/zIG "sleep"
sthA स्था "stand"
As आस् "sit"
vas वस् "dwell"
jan जन् "produce"
ruh रुह् "mount"
and jR जृ "grow old".

According to the rest of the grammar, /kta should always show nothing after objectless roots —

Asitam mayA आसितं मया "I sat"
(here the /kta-ender Asita- आसितॱ shows nothing)

gatan tayA गतं तया "she left"

and always show the object after transitive roots —

azvas sarpeNa hataH अश्वः सर्पेण हतः "snake killed horse",
(where the /kta-ender **hata- हतॱ shows the object **azvas अश्वस्.)

zliS श्लिष् + /kta + /Ap → !**zliSTA श्लिष्टा

guruNA zliSTA गुरुणा श्लिष्टा "the teacher hugged her", here **zliSTA श्लिष्टा shows the object as usual.

This sUtra tells us, first, that after all objectless roots, we may make /kta show the doer —

gatA sA गता सा "she left", gatA गता anomalously shows the doer here

and, secondly, that after a few transitive roots, we may make /kta show the doer —

guruM zliSTA गुरुं श्लिष्टा "she hugged the teacher", **zliSTA श्लिष्टा anomalously shows the doer here

Aren't /zIG As आस् vas वस् always objectless? If so, there is no need of mentioning them in the sUtra, because the akarmaka- अकर्मकॱ covers them.

You are right in thinking that the verbs zete शेते Aste आस्ते vasati वसति are always objectless.

However, these roots have to be mentioned in the sUtra because they form transitive verbs after certain /upasarga. One such is anuvasati अनुवसति, meaning "lives near (its object)". So, ordinarily, its /kta form anUSita- अनूषितॱ does show the object —

anUSito gurur bhavatyA अनूषितो गुरुर्भवत्या "you f live near the teacher"

But this sUtra allows it to show the doer too —

anUSitA gurum bhavatI अनूषिता गुरुं भवती "you f live near the teacher"