1.3.49
अनोरकर्मकात्
Operational rule vidhi
After the verb वद् , preceded by अनु when it is intransitively used, the आत्मनेपद is used, when the sense is that of 'speaking articulately in a similar manner'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अनोः pañcamī · ekavacanaLeft context अकर्मकात् pañcamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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Full reading
अनोः अकर्मकात्
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Commentary
After the verb वद् , preceded by अनु when it is intransitively used, the आत्मनेपद is used, when the sense is that of 'speaking articulately in a similar manner'.
As अनुवदते कठः कलापस्य katha is echoing or imitates kalapa. He reutters exactly what the kalapa-reader or the teacher says. The word anu here means similarly.
Why do we say 'in the Intransitive'? Because when it is used in the transitive it takes the affixes of the Parasmaipada. As पूर्वमेव यजुरुदितमनुवदति, 'he repeats the yajurveda which he had learned before.'
The words 'uttering of articulate speech' are understood here also. Otherwise अनुवदति वीणा 'the lute resounds,' here it is Parasmaipada.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.