3.3.112
आक्रोशे नञ्यनिः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अनि comes after a verb when the particle नञ् is in composition with it and the sense implied is that of 'cursing'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context आक्रोशे saptamī · ekavacanaRight context नञि saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अनिः saptamī · 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").
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आक्रोशे नञि अनिः
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Commentary
The affix अनि comes after a verb when the particle नञ् is in composition with it and the sense implied is that of 'cursing'.
The anuvritti of the word 'optionally' does not extend to this aphorism. The word आक्रोश means to curse. This supersedes the affixes क्तिन् &c. Thus अकरणिस्ते वृषल भूयात् 'may failure be to thee, O sinner'! तस्याकरणिरेवास्तु 'may he be disappointed'.
Why do we say 'when meaning to curse'? Observe अकृतिस्तस्य कटस्य 'the non-making of his mat'.
Why do we say 'when नञ् is in composition'? Observe सृतिस्ते वृषल भूयात् 'may death be to thee, O! sinner'!
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.