CC Madhya 24.26

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24, Text 26

“স্বরিতঞিতঃ কর্ত্রভিপ্রায়ে ক্রিয়াফলে ॥” ২৬ ॥

“svarita-ñitaḥ kartr-abhiprāye kriyā-phale”

Word by word

svarita-ñ-itaḥ — of verbs having an indicatory ñ or a svarita accent; kartṛ-abhiprāye — is meant for the agent; kriyā-phale — when the fruit of the action.

Translation

“The terminations of the ātmane-pada are employed when the fruit of the action accrues to the agent of verbs having an indicatory ñ or a svarita accent.”

Purport

This is a quotation from Pāṇini’s sūtras (1.3.72).