3.2.26
फलेग्रहिरात्मम्भरिश्च
Operational rule vidhi
And the words फलेग्रहि and आत्मम्भरि are irregularly formed.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term फलेग्रहिः prathamā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term आत्मम्भरिः prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
फलेग्रहिः आत्मम्भरिः च
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Commentary
And the words फलेग्रहि and आत्मम्भरि are irregularly formed.
The word फलेग्रहिः is formed by adding the affix इन् to the verb ग्रह and making the upapada end in the vowel ए. Thus फलानि गृह्णाति = फलेग्रहिः 'the fruit-bearing i. e. a tree'.
The word आत्मम्भरिः is formed by adding the augment मुम् (म) to the upapada आत्म, and the affix इन् to the verb भृञ्. Thus आत्मानं बिभर्ति = आत्मम्भरिः 'selfish' (one who feeds his own self).
The word 'and' indicates that there are other such irregularly-formed words. As कुक्षिम्भरिः 'gluttonous, selfish' (caring to feed his own belly). उदम्भरिः 'gluttonous, selfish'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.