3.3.16
पदरुजविशस्पृशो घञ्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix घञ् comes after the roots 1. पद् 'to pace' 2. रुज् 'to pain 3. विश् 'to enter' 4. स्पृश् 'to touch'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context - रुज- विश- स्पृशः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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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Commentary
The affix घञ् comes after the roots 1. पद् 'to pace' 2. रुज् 'to pain 3. विश् 'to enter' 4. स्पृश् 'to touch'.
The anuvritti of 'future' does not extend to this sutra. The affixes hereinafter taught come in all the tenses.
As पद + घञ् = पादः 'foot'; रुज् + घञ् = रोगः 'disease'; so, वेशः 'entrance'.
Vart:- The verb स्पृश् takes घञ् when the sense is that of 'distress'; as स्पर्शः 'disease' or 'warmth'. The word स्पर्श meaning 'touch' is formed by adding the affix अच्, under rule 3.1.134; as स्पर्शो देवदत्तः । There is difference in accent between these two words.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.