3.3.153
कामप्रवेदनेऽकच्चिति
Operational rule vidhi
The affix लिङ् (Benedictive) comes after a root, in expressing or making known of a wish, except when the word कच्चित् is in composition with it.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context कामप्रवेदने saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अकच्चिति 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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Full reading
कामप्रवेदने अकच्चिति
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Commentary
The affix लिङ् (Benedictive) comes after a root, in expressing or making known of a wish, except when the word कच्चित् is in composition with it.
The phrase कामप्रवेदना means the expression of one's wish. This debars all other tense-affixes. As कामो मे भुञ्जीत भवान् = अभिलाषो मे भुञ्जीत भवान् 'it is my wish that you will eat'.
Why do we say 'except the word कच्चित्'? Observe कच्चिज्जीवति ते माता कच्चिज्जीवति ते पिता । माराविद त्वां पृच्छामि कच्चिज्जीवति पार्वती ॥ 'I hope thy mother is living, I hope thy father is living, I ask thee, O maravid ! (Parrot), I hope that Parvati is living'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.