मध्ये पदे निवचने च

Definition saṃjñā निपातसंज्ञाDefinition saṃjñā गतिसंज्ञा

And the words मध्ये 'in the middle', पदे 'in the foot' and निवचने 'speechless' are optionally called गति , when कृ follows, the sense not being of placing.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Word मध्ये Word Word निवचने Indeclinable च avyaya

Word Case not marked in the source data.
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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Full reading

मध्ये निवचने च

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Commentary

And the words मध्ये 'in the middle', पदे 'in the foot' and निवचने 'speechless' are optionally called गति , when कृ follows, the sense not being of placing.
As मध्ये कृत्य or कृत्वा. पदे कृत्य or कृत्वा; निवचने कृत्य or कृत्वा.

But when it has the meaning of placing we have हस्तिनः पदे कृत्वा शिरः शेते he lies down having put his head under the foot of the elephant.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.