3.2.138
भुवश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix इष्णुच् in the sense of 'the agent having such a habit etc.' comes in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the verb भू 'to be' etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context भुवः 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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भुवः च
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Commentary
The affix इष्णुच् in the sense of 'the agent having such a habit etc.' comes in the छन्दस् (Vedas) after the verb भू 'to be' etc.
Thus भविष्णुः 'becoming'.
The yoga-vibhaga or the division of this sutra from the last, with which it could well have been read, is for the sake of the subsequent sutras.
The word 'also' indicates the existence of other verbs not included in the above two sutras; as, भ्राजिष्णुना लोहितचन्दनेन ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.