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laH karmaNi ca bhAve cAkarmakebhyaH

लः कर्मणि च भावे चाकर्मकेभ्यः ONPANINI 34069

tenses show the doer or show the object,
but after objectless roots they show the doer or show nothing.

A tense is said to "show something" when we choose the /tiG that replaces it according to the number and person of the something.

Ordinarily, tenses are replaced with one or other /tiG according to the number and person of the doer. That is why the verbs in these sentences have had /laT replaced with /tip /tas /jhi respectively —

**pacati पचति **rAjA राजा "king is cooking"

**pacatas पचतस् **rAjAnau राजानौ "two kings are cooking"

**pacanti पचन्ति **rAjAnas राजानस् "many kings are cooking"

The /laT in those verbs is said to be doershowing.

However, whenever we want, we may replace the /laT with /ta /AtAm /jha /iT' according to the object —

**pacyate पच्यते **rAjJA राज्ञा "king is cooking it"

**pacyete पच्येते **rAjJA राज्ञा "king is cooking both"

**pacyante पच्यन्ते **rAjJA राज्ञा "king is cooking them"

**pacye पच्ये **rAjJA राज्ञा "king is cooking me"

In that case the /laT and its replacements are saidto be objectshowing.

Why do the last four examples get bent replacements?

Because bhAvakarmaNoH says so.

Why is there no /zap in them?

Because rule kartarizap only applies before the doershowing affixes.

Why do they have /yak?

Because sArvadhAtuk... sez so.

What happens when the verbdoes not have an object?

See objectless verbs.