३६- भूवादयो धातवः।36. bhūvādayo dhātavaḥ.भूश्च वाश्च भूवौ, आदिश्च आदिश्च इति आदी।bhū and vā make bhūvau; ādi and ādi, thus ādī.भूवौ आदी येषां ते भूवादयः, (द्वन्द्वगर्भो बहुव्रीहिः)।Those which have bhūvau as their beginning (ādī) are the bhūvādayaḥ — a bahuvrīhi containing a dvandva within it.भूवादयः प्रथमान्तं, धातवः प्रथमान्तं, द्विपदमिदं सूत्रम्।bhūvādayaḥ is in the nominative (prathamā), dhātavaḥ is in the nominative; this sūtra has two words.
क्रियावाचक भू आदि धातुसंज्ञक होते हैं।bhū and the rest, which denote action (kriyā), take the name dhātu (verbal root).
यह सूत्र भू आदि की धातुसंज्ञा करता है।This sūtra assigns the dhātu-saṁjñā to bhū and the rest.धातु किसे कहते हैं? जो भूवादि, अदादि, जुहोत्यादि गणों में अर्थ-निर्देशन पूर्वक पढ़े गये हों और उनका अर्थ क्रिया अर्थात् व्यापार हो।What is called a dhātu? — Those which are recited, with a statement of their meaning, in the gaṇas beginning with bhū, ad, and juhoti, and whose meaning is action (kriyā), that is, activity (vyāpāra).धातु कहलाने के लिए भूवादिगणपठित भी होना चाहिए और क्रियावाचक भी।To be called a dhātu, a form must be both recited in the bhūvādi gaṇa and action-denoting.जैसे पठति में पठ्।For example, paṭh in paṭhati.यह भूवादिगण में पठित भी है और 'पढ़ना' यह क्रियावाचकता रूप अर्थ भी है।This is both recited in the bhūvādi gaṇa and has the action-denoting sense, namely the meaning ‘to read’.अतः पठ् यह धातु है और पठति इत्यादि धातु के रूप।Therefore paṭh is a dhātu, and paṭhati and the like are the forms of the dhātu.