Trikramalakṣaṇa
with commentarymā stān mahitvanā nākaṁ priyadhā viśato ṣu ṇaḥ |mo ṣū ṇaś cāryamā yāti pūṣādhattāpy adhatta yat ||1||dakṣiṇāvartatotyā pra ṛcā sādayatīti ca |bhūtvā haraś ca mā vṛkṣi bhūtā viśa viśaty api ||2||kṛtvā harati dhatte ca labhate trikramāḥ smṛtāḥ |dadhnā tanakti codgātā rohatīti ca viṁśatiḥ ||3||ākārāntam udāttāntam āṅparaṁ yatra dṛśyate |trikramaṁ taṁ vijānīyān mo ṣū ṇa ū ṣu ṇas tathā ||4||
When a word is seen ending in ā with the udātta accent and followed by the upasarga ā one
should know this as trikrama; also mo ṣū ṇaḥ and ū ṣu ṇaḥ.
Note: The usual krama group consists of two following words of the padapāṭha which are combinedaccording to sandhi rules. A trikrama group consists of three words. According to the rule given in verse
4 the first word ends in ā with the udātta accent; the second word is the upsarga ā and the third word is
the next word after the upasarga ā.

A list of the 20 trikrama groups in the Taittirīya Saṁhitā is given in verses 1-3.
mā stāt 1.1.1.2मा । एतति॑ । स्ाा॒त ा॒ । padapāṭha*मा स्ात् । आा स्थात । kramapāṭha
Note: In the padapāṭha iti is added to free upasargas occurring in the beginning or middle of a sentence(ā + iti => eti). After the trikrama (mā sthāt) the usual krama continues with upasarga ā (ā sthāt).

mahitvanā nākam 4.1.11.3
मा॒हिा॒त्वा॒नेतति॑ महि-त्व॒ना । एतति॑ । नाकम् ।*मा॒हिा॒त्पा॒ना नाकं । म॒हि॒त्व॒नेतति॑ महि-त्वा॒ना । आा नाकं ।priyadhā viśata 1.3.8.1
प्रा॒या॒धेतति॑ प्रय-धा । एतति॑ । प्वा॒शा॒ता॒ ।*प्रा॒या॒धाप्वि॑शत । प्रा॒या॒धेतति॑ प्रय-धा । आा प्वि॑शत ।ū ṣu ṇaḥ 4.1.4.2; 4.6.5.6; 5.1.5.3
उा॒ । स्सवतति॑ । ना॒ः॒ ।*ऊा॒ षु णि॑ः॒ । सु नि॑ः॒ ।1

mo ṣū ṇaḥ 1.8.3.1
माे इतति॑ । स्सवतति॑ । ना॒ः॒ ।*माे षू णि॑ः॒ । माे इतता॒ माे । सू नि॑ः॒ ।āryamā yāti 2.3.14.4
आा॒यया॒मा । एतति॑ । याा॒तता॒ ।*आा॒यया॒मा याि॑तत । आा याि॑तत ।pūṣādhatta 1.5.1.2
पूषाा॒ । एतति॑ । आा॒धा॒त्ता॒ ।*पूषाधि॑ा॒ त्त । आाधि॑त्त ।dhātādhatta 1.5.1.3
धाा॒ता । एतति॑ । आा॒धा॒त्ता॒ ।*धाा॒ताधि॑त्त । आाधि॑त्त ।dakṣiṇāvartata 5.7.10.1
दा॒स््षा॒णा । एतति॑ । आा॒वा॒तया॒ता॒ ।*दा॒क्षा॒णाऽवि॑तयत । आावि॑तयत ।ūtyā pra 1.5.11.1
ऊा॒त्या । आा । रेतति॑ ।*ऊा॒त्या र । आा र ।ṛcā sādayati 6.1.11.2
ऋा॒ चा । एतति॑ । साा॒दा॒या॒तता॒ ।*ऋा॒ चा साि॑दयतत । आा साि॑दयतत ।bhūtvāharat 7.1.5.1
भूत्वाा॒ ा॒ ।ा॒ । एतति॑ । आा॒िरा॒ त*भूत्वाऽिि॑रत । आािि॑रत ।ा॒mā vṛkṣi 1.6.6.1
मा । एतति॑ । वस्ा॒ ्षा॒ ।2मा वि॑क्ष । आा वि॑क्ष ।bhūtā viśa 7.1.7.3
भूताा॒ । एतति॑ । प्वा॒शा॒ ।*भूताा॒ प्वि॑श । आा प्वि॑श ।bhūtā viśati 7.1.7.4
भूताा॒ । एतति॑ । प्वा॒शा॒तता॒ ।*भूताा॒ प्वि॑शतत । आा प्वि॑शतत ।kṛtvā harati 5.1.8.1
का॒ त्वा । एतति॑ । िा॒रता॒ ता॒ ।*का॒ त्वा िि॑रतत । आा िि॑रतत ।kṛtvā dhatte 1.5.4.1
का॒ त्वा । एतति॑ । धा॒त्तेा॒ ।*का॒ त्वा धि॑त्ते । आा धि॑त्ते ।kṛtvā labhate 6.3.7.5
का॒ त्वा । एतति॑ । ला॒ भा॒तेा॒ ।*का॒ त्वा लि॑ भते । आा लि॑ भते ।dadhnā tanakti 2.5.3.5दा॒ध्ना । एतति॑ । ता॒ना॒क्ता॒ ।*दा॒ध्ना ति॑नक्त । आा ति॑नक्त ।udgātā rohati 7.5.8.5उा॒द्ाा॒तेत्युि॑त-गाा॒ता । एतति॑ । राेा॒िता॒ ता॒ ।*उा॒द्ाा॒ता राेि॑ितत । उा॒द्ाा॒तेत्युि॑त-गाा॒ता । आा राेि॑ितत ।

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Final Notes
1. The transliterated text of Trikramalakṣaṇa is based on Peter Freund’s Devanāgarī edition
http://peterffreund.com/shiksha/Trikrama_Lakshanam.html
http://peterffreund.com/shiksha/trikrama_lakshanam.pdf
2. Trikrama in other texts of Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda:
Verses 1-4 = Sarvasaṁmataśikṣā, svarasaṁsthānaprakaraṇa 31-34
http://peterffreund.com/shiksha/sarvasammata_shiksha.html
In another edition of Sarvasaṁmataśikṣā verse 4 is placed at the beginning.
Verse 4 = Kauṇḍinyaśikṣā (Hyderabad), verse 11; Kauṇḍinyaśikṣā (Mysore), verse 18;
Kauhalīyaśikṣā, verse 49.
Ātreyaśikṣā (Hamburg):ādantaṁ yad udāttāntaṁ pūrvaṁ yady opasargataḥ |tasyorddhvena trikramaḥ syān naḥ paraṁ ṣupadaṁ tv adhaḥ ||39||
padatrayam anukramya hitvā cādi padaṁ punaḥ |maddhyamāntimam uccārya trikrame kramaśo vadet ||40||
Vyāsaśikṣā:ādantaṁ tu yad uccāntam opasargaparaṁ yadi 35
pareṇa trikramaḥ syād dhi ṣu padaṁ naḥ paraṁ tv adhaḥ 36
3. A transliterated searchable file of the entire Taittirīya Saṁhitā is downloadable on
http://www.sanskritweb.net as ts-find.pdf.
4. For the Devanāgarī shown in the commentary see Taittirīya Saṁhitā
http://www.parankusa.org/KrYajurBrowse.aspx.
5. Śikṣās and Vedalakṣaṇa texts:
http://vedicreserve.mum.edu/shiksha/shiksha_vedicreserve.html
https://sites.google.com/view/vedalakshana
6. Last updated by Detlef Eichler 26 February 20154