3.3.150
चित्रीकरणे च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix लिङ् (Benedictive) comes in all tenses when used with the words यच्च and यत्र and the sense implied is that of 'wonder'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context चित्रीकरणे saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
चित्रीकरणे च
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Commentary
The affix लिङ् (Benedictive) comes in all tenses when used with the words यच्च and यत्र and the sense implied is that of 'wonder'.
The word चित्रीकरणं means 'wonder, astonishment, strangeness &c'. This debars all the other tense-affixes. Thus यच्च or यत्र तत्र भवान् वृषलं याजयेत् आश्चर्यमेतत् 'this is a wonder that you should sacrifice for a Sudra'.
When the non-completion of the action is indicated, the Conditional is employed under the rules 3.3.139, 3.3.140 and 3.3.141. Thus आश्चर्यमेतत् यच्च or यत्र त्वं शूद्रं याजयेः or अयाजयिष्यः 'it is a wonder that you should (have attempted to) perform a sacrifice for a Sudra'; आश्चर्यमेतत् यच्च or यत्र त्वं शूद्रं अयाजयिष्यः 'it is a wonder that you should (hereafter attempt to) make a Sudra perform a sacrifice'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.