1.3.50
विभाषा विप्रलापे
Operational rule vidhi
After the verb वद् , the आत्मनेपद is used optionally, when the sense is that of 'contradicting with each other'.
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Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaRight context विप्रलापे saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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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विप्रलापे
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Commentary
After the verb वद् , the आत्मनेपद is used optionally, when the sense is that of 'contradicting with each other'.
As विप्रवदन्ते or न्ति वैद्याः (the doctors are at variance). The words vyaktavacham (articulate utterance) and samuchcharana (speaking together) are understood in this sutra also.
No option is allowed when the sense is not that of contradiction or wrangling as, संप्रवदन्ते ब्राह्मणाः, 'the Brahmanas are speaking together.'
The phrase 'articulate utterance' is necessary in this also. Because as विप्रवदन्ति शकुनयः 'the kites are quarrelling,' the verb is in the Parasmaipada.
The wrangling must be by talking at one and the same time, otherwise this rule will not apply. As क्रमेण वैद्या वैद्येन सह विप्रवदन्ति, 'the doctors contradict by turn another doctor.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.