1.4.30
जनिकर्तुः प्रकृतिः
Definition saṃjñā कारकसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā अपादानसंज्ञा
The prime cause of the agent of the verb जन् 'to be born', is called अपादान.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Of जनिकर्तुः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaTerm / subject प्रकृतिः prathamā · ekavacana
- Of Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): "of X". In this kind of sūtra it marks a relation, not a substitution.
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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Full reading
जनिकर्तुः प्रकृतिः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The prime cause of the agent of the verb जन् 'to be born', is called अपादान।
That which is the Agent (कर्ता) of the verb jan, is called जनिकर्ता. That which is the prime-cause (प्रकृति) of the agent (or product) of the root jan is put in the ablative case. As शृङ्गाच्छरो जायते, the arrow is produced from horn गोमयाद् वृश्चिको जायते the scorpion is produced from cowdung.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.