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कर्तुरीप्सिततमं कर्म ONPANINI 14049

What the doer wants most is called the work.

You can call a work also an object or a /karma.

Example. If Polly wants a cracker, the word "cracker" is the object (/karma) of "wants", because Polly wants it —

pUpam icchati polI पूपमिच्छति पोली "polly wants cake", pUpam पूपम् is object

gorasam pibati गोरसं पिबति "drinks milk", gorasam गोरसम् is the object of pA पा

See next sUtra, tathAyuktaJc... >, for more details.

The object of a word that shows the doer gets second ending by karmaNidvit....

The object of a word that shows the object does not get any particular ending from any rule, so it will get first ending by default in simple sentences —

gorasaH pIyate गोरसः पीयते "milk is being drunk" / "someone drinks milk" — here gorasa- गोरसॱ has first ending.

Why do we say wants "MOST"?

In a case like —

odanam payasA bhuGkte ओदनं पयसा भुङ्क्ते "eats rice with milk"

both rice and milk are wanted. But the tara तर in the sUtra tells us that only the main one gets to be called a work. Rice being a staple and the milk and sugar sort of a seasoning, usually the rice will be called a work, beacuse it is most important, and the spicing will be called an instrument, because it just helps.

What if I add a few crispies to my glass of milk?

Then milk is important and the rice is a seasoning —

krispibhiH payaH pibasi क्रिस्पिभिः पयः पिबसि