3.2.23
न शब्दश्लोककलहगाथावैरचाटुसूत्रमन्त्रपदेषु
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ट does not come after the verb कृ 'to make' when the following words are in composition with it - 1. शब्द 'sound' 2. श्लोक 'verse' 3. कलह 'quarrel' 4. गाथा 'praise' 5. वैर 'enmity' 6. चाटु 'flattery' 7. सूत्र 'thread' 8. मन्त्र 'hymns' 9. पद 'word'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable न avyayaRight context शब्द- श्लोक- कलह- गाथा- वैर- चाटु- सूत्र- मन्त्र- saptamī · bahuvacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- 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").
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न शब्द-
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Commentary
The affix ट does not come after the verb कृ 'to make' when the following words are in composition with it - 1. शब्द 'sound' 2. श्लोक 'verse' 3. कलह 'quarrel' 4. गाथा 'praise' 5. वैर 'enmity' 6. चाटु 'flattery' 7. सूत्र 'thread' 8. मन्त्र 'hymns' 9. पद 'word'.
This prohibition relates even when the sense is that of cause, habit &c. The affix ट being prohibited, the general affix अण् takes its place. As शब्दकारः 'sounding, sonorous'; श्लोककारः 'a verse-maker'; कलहकारः 'one who foments quarrels'; गाथाकारः 'a writer of Gathas or prakritee verses'; वैरकारः 'an enemy'; चाटुकारः 'a flatterer'; सूत्रकारः 'an author of sutras'; मन्त्रकारः 'a composer of Mantras'; पदकारः 'an author of Padapatha' .
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.