Pāṇini 3.2.123

Grammatical Sūtra: वर्तमाने लट् vartamāne laṭ Chantings of the aṣṭādhyāyī kindly with permision Sai Susarla.
Individual Word Components: varttamāne laṭ
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: varttamāne laṭ pratyayaḥ (3.1.1), paraḥ (3.1.2), ca (3.1.2), ādyudāttaḥ (3.1.3), ca (3.1.3), dhātoḥ (3.1.91), kṛt (3.1.93)
Type of Rule: vidhi
Preceding adhikāra rule:3.2.84 (1bhūte)

Description:

Source:Laghusiddhānta kaumudī (Ballantyne)

The affix ((laṭ)) comes after a verb when denoting a present action. Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0

When the action refers to the present time (vártamān-e) l-substitutes of lAṬ `Present Tense' are introduced [after 1.2 a verbal stem 1.93]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.

Affix LAṬ is introduced after a verbal root when action is denoted at the current time Source: Courtesy of Dr. Rama Nath Sharma ©

Dhātoḥ varttamāne (kāle) laṭ pratyayaḥ paraśca bhavati। Source: Sanskrit Documents

Source:Srisa Chandra Vasu's Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini

1/60:pravṛttasya avirāme śiṣyā bhavantī avartamānatvāt |*
2/60:pravṛttasya avirāme śiṣyā bhavantī |
3/60:iha adhīmahe |
4/60:iha vasāmaḥ |
5/60:iha puṣyamitram yājayāmaḥ |
6/60:kim punaḥ kāraṇam na sidhyati |
7/60:avartamānatvāt |
8/60:nityapravṛtte ca kālāvibhāgāt |*
9/60:nityapravṛtte ca śāsitavyā bhavantī |
10/60:tiṣṭhanti parvatāḥ |
11/60:sravanti nadyaḥ iti |
12/60:kim punaḥ kāraṇam na sidhyati |
13/60:kālāvibhāgāt |
14/60:iha bhūtabhaviṣyatpratidvandvaḥ vartamānaḥ kālaḥ |
15/60:na ca atra bhūtabhaviṣyantau kālau staḥ |
16/60:nyāyyā tu ārambhānapavargāt |*
17/60:nyāyyā tu eṣā vartamānakālatā |
18/60:kutaḥ |
19/60:ārambhānapavargāt |
20/60:ārambhaḥ atra anapavṛktaḥ |
21/60:eṣaḥ nām nyāyyaḥ vartamānaḥ kālaḥ yatra ārambhaḥ anapavṛktaḥ |
22/60:asti ca muktasaṃśaye virāmaḥ |*
23/60:yam khalu api bhavān muktasaṃśayam vartamānam kālam nyāyyam manyate bhuṅkte devadattaḥ iti tena etat tulyam |
24/60:saḥ api hi avaśyam bhuñjānaḥ hasati vā jalpati vā pānīyam vā pibati |
25/60:yadi atra yuktā vartamānakālatā dṛśyate iha api yuktā dṛśyatām |
26/60:santi ca kālavibhāgāḥ |*
27/60:santi khalu api kālavibhāgāḥ |
28/60:tiṣṭhanti parvatāḥ |
29/60:sthāsyanti parvatāḥ |
30/60:tasthuḥ parvatāḥ |
31/60:kim śakyante ete śabdāḥ prayoktum iti ataḥ santi kālavibhāgāḥ |
32/60:na avaśyam prayogāt eva |
33/60:iha bhūtabhaviṣyadvartamānānām rājñām yāḥ kriyāḥ tāḥ tiṣṭhateḥ adhikaraṇam |
34/60:iha tāvat tiṣṭhanti parvatāḥ iti |
35/60:samprati ye rājānaḥ teṣām yāḥ kriyāḥ tāsu vartamānāsu |
36/60:sthāsyanti parvatāḥ iti |
37/60:itaḥ uttaram ye rājānaḥ bhaviṣyanti teṣām yāḥ kriyāḥ tāsu bhaviṣyantīṣu |
38/60:tasthuḥ parvatāḥ iti |
39/60:ye rājānaḥ babhūvuḥ teṣām yāḥ kriyāḥ tāsu vbhūtāsu |
40/60:aparaḥ āha : na asti vartamānaḥ kālaḥ iti |
41/60:api ca atra ślokān udāharanti : na vartate cakram |
42/60:iṣuḥ na pātyate |
43/60:na syandante saritaḥ sāgarāya |
44/60:kūṭasthaḥ ayam lokaḥ na viceṣṭā asti |
45/60:yaḥ hi evam paśyati saḥ api anandhaḥ |
46/60:mīmāṃsakaḥ manyamānaḥ yuvā medhāvisammataḥ kākam sma iha anupṛcchati : kim te patitalakṣaṇam |
47/60:anāgate na patasi atikrānte ca kāka na |
48/60:yadi samprati patasi sarvaḥ lokaḥ patati ayam |
49/60:himavān api gacchati |
50/60:anāgatam atikrāntam vartamānam iti trayam |
51/60:sarvatra gatiḥ na asti |
52/60:gacchati iti kim ucyate |
53/60:kriyāpravṛttau yaḥ hetuḥ tadartham yat viceṣṭitam tat samīkṣya prayuñjīta gacchati iti avicārayan |
54/60:apraḥ āha |
55/60:asti vartamānaḥ kālaḥ iti |
56/60:ādityagativat na upalabhyate |
57/60:api ca atra ślokam udāharanti |
58/60:bisasya vālāḥ iva dahyamānāḥ na lakṣyate vikṛtiḥ sannipāte |
59/60:asti iti tām vedayante tribhabhāvāḥ |
60/60:sūkṣmaḥ hi bhāvaḥ anumitena gamyaḥ |