3.3.157
इच्छार्थेषु लिङ्लोटौ
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes लिङ् (Benedictive) and लोट् (Imperative) are used after a root when another verb having the same sense of 'wishing' is in construction with it.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context इच्छार्थेषु saptamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term - औ prathamā · dvivacana
- 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").
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
इच्छार्थेषु लिङ्-
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Commentary
The affixes लिङ् (Benedictive) and लोट् (Imperative) are used after a root when another verb having the same sense of 'wishing' is in construction with it.
This supersedes all other tense-affixes. When words expressing 'wish', such as इष्, कम्, प्राथ &c, are used, the Potential or Imperative is used; thus of इच्छामि कामये or प्रार्थये भुञ्जीत भवान् or भुङ्क्तां भवान् 'I wish, desire or pray that your honor may eat'.
Vart:- It is only when a desire is expressed that Potential or Imperative should be employed and not merely when the verb 'to wish' or its synonyms are in composition. Therefore the Potential or Imperative are not used here: इच्छन् करोति 'wishing, he does'.
The sutra may be rendered thus: 'In connection with a verb in the sense of 'wishing' the Potential or the Imperative may be employed.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.