2.3.55
आशिषि नाथः
Operational rule vidhi
Of the verb नाथ् when meaning 'to bless', the object takes the 6th-Case-affix.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context आशिषि saptamī · ekavacanaTarget नाथः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- 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").
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
Full reading
आशिषि नाथः
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Commentary
Of the verb नाथ् when meaning 'to bless', the object takes the 6th-Case-affix.
Ex. मधुनो नाथते 'he blesses the honey.' But माणवकमुपनाथति, अंग पुत्रीकाधीष्व 'he solicits manavaka saying (child) son, study.' Here नाथ does not mean to bless, and so it takes the accusative case.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.