1.2.34
यज्ञकर्मण्यजपन्यूङ्खसामसु
Operational rule vidhi
In sacrificial works there is Monotony, except in जप (silent repetition of a formula), न्यूङ्ख vowels (16 sorts of ओम्) and the साम Vedas.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context यज्ञकर्मणि saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अ- जप- न्यूङ्ख- सामसु saptamī · bahuvacana
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
Full reading
यज्ञकर्मणि अ-
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
In sacrificial works there is Monotony, except in जप (silent repetition of a formula), न्यूङ्ख vowels (16 sorts of ओम्) and the साम Vedas.
In "sacrificial works" or on occasions of sacrifice, the mantras of the Veda are recited in Ekasruti or monotony. But on occasions of ordinary reading, the mantras are to be recited with their proper three-fold accents.
"Japa" is the repetition of mantras, and their recitation in a low voice or whisper. Nyunkha is the name of certain hymns of the veda, and the names of 16 sorts of "Om." Some of these are pronounced with udatta and others with anudatta accent. Samas are songs, or the musical cadence in which some vedic hymns are to be uttered. As:- अ॒ग्निर्मूद्धादि॒वः क॒कुत्पतिः॑ पृथि॒व्या अ॒यम् । अपाम् रेतांसि जिन्वतो३ म् (Rig Veda VIII.14.16).
When a mantra is recited as a japa, then it must be pronounced with accents :- As समा॑ग्ने वर्चो॑ विह॒वेष्वं॑स्तु (Rig Veda X. 128. I).
When not employed on occasions of sacrifice, but are ordinarily read, the mantras must have their proper accent, and there will be no Ekasruti.
In the sama chanting, the mantras should have their accent, there can be no Ekasruti there. As ए३विस्वं समत्रिणं दहा३. Here there is no Ekasruti.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.