3.2.167
नमिकम्पिस्म्यजसकमहिंसदीपो रः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix र comes in the sense of 'agent having such a habit etc.' after the verbs 1. नम 'to bow' 2. क्मप् 'to shake' 3. स्मि 'to smile' 4. अजस् 'not to cease' 5. कम 'to desire' 6. हिंस 'to injure' 7. दीप 'to shine'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context नमि- कम्पि- स्मि- अजस- कम- हिंस- दीपः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term रः prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Commentary
The affix र comes in the sense of 'agent having such a habit etc.' after the verbs 1. नम 'to bow' 2. क्मप् 'to shake' 3. स्मि 'to smile' 4. अजस् 'not to cease' 5. कम 'to desire' 6. हिंस 'to injure' 7. दीप 'to shine'.
Thus, नम्रं काष्ठं 'soft wood'; कम्प्रा शाखा 'shaking branch'; स्मेरं मुखं 'smiling face'; अशस्त्रं जुहोति 'he sacrifices perpetually'; कम्रा युवती 'a beautiful maiden'; हिंस्रं रक्षः 'the injuring Rakshas'; दीप्रं काष्ठं 'brilliant wood'.
The word अजस्रं is an adverb, and is derived from the root जस् 'to set free', with the negative particle अ, and the affix र; as अ + जस् + र = अजस्रं ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.