1.3.41
वेः पादविहरणे
Operational rule vidhi
When the उपसर्ग 'वि' is attached to the verb 'क्रम्', it gets the प्रत्ययाः of आत्मनेपद, provided the meaning is 'to roam around with feet'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context वेः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context पादविहरणे saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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").
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Full reading
वेः पादविहरणे
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Commentary
After the verb क्रम् preceded by वि , the आत्मनेपद is used, when in the sense of 'placing of foot-steps'.
As वाजी विक्रमते 'the horse is pacing.' The term vikramana is applied to the special movements of horse &c.
Though in the Dhatupatha (catalogue of verbal roots), the verb क्रमि and क्रमु have the meanings of pada-viharana and pada-vikshepa, that is "throwing or placing of foot," and so it might be objected that the present sutra is a useless repetition, yet as verbs have various other meanings than what is assigned to them in the dhatupatha, the present sutra is not unnecessary.
Why do we say "in the sense of throwing of foot"? In any other sense, the terminations will be those of the parasmaipada. As विक्रामति अजिनसन्धिः 'the fold of the antilope skin is ruptured.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.