1.3.74
णिचश्च
Operational rule vidhi
After a verb ending in the affix णि (causal) when the fruit of the action accrues to the agent, the आत्मनेपद is used.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context णिचः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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णिचः च
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Commentary
After a verb ending in the affix णि (causal) when the fruit of the action accrues to the agent, the आत्मनेपद is used.
The phrase "when the fruit of the action accrues to the agent" is to be supplied from sutra 1.3.72. The verbs that take the affix णिच् nich are generally causatives. As कटं कारयते 'he causes the mat to be made for himself'; ओदनं पाचयते 'he causes the food to be cooked for himself.' When the fruit of the action does not accrue to the agent, the parasmaipada is used. As कटं कारयति परस्य 'he causes another's mat to be made.'
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.