2.1.24
द्वितीया श्रितातीतपतितगतात्यस्तप्राप्तापन्नैः
Operational rule vidhi
A word ending in a 2nd case-affix is compounded with the words श्रित 'who had recourse to', अतीत 'gone by', पतित 'who has fallen upon', गत 'who has gone to', अत्यस्त 'who has passed', प्राप्त 'who has obtained' and अपान्न 'who has reached' and the resulting compound is called तत्-पुरुष .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term द्वितीया prathamā · ekavacanaWith / by श्रित- अतीत- पतित- गत- अत्यस्त- प्राप्त- आपन्नैः tṛtīyā · bahuvacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.
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Full reading
द्वितीया श्रित- अतीत- पतित- गत- अत्यस्त- प्राप्त- आपन्नैः
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Commentary
A word ending in a 2nd case-affix is compounded with the words श्रित 'who had recourse to', अतीत 'gone by', पतित 'who has fallen upon', गत 'who has gone to', अत्यस्त 'who has passed', प्राप्त 'who has obtained' and अपान्न 'who has reached' and the resulting compound is called तत्-पुरुष ।
As कष्टं+ श्रितः = कष्टश्रितः 'who has had recourse to trouble.' , नरकश्रितः, So also :- कान्तारातीतः 'who has passed over the dreary forest.', नरकपतितः, 'fallen into hell.' ग्रामगतः 'gone to village.' तरङ्गात्यस्तः 'passed the waves.' सुखप्राप्तः 'who has reached pleasure.' सुखापन्नः 'who has obtained happiness.'
The words गमी, गामी &c., should also be included. As ग्रामगमी, ग्रामगामी; ओदन बुभुक्षुः .
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.