3.3.166
अधीष्टे च
Operational rule vidhi
And when 'wish' is meant ( the लोट् (Imperative) may be used when the word स्म is in composition with the verb.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context अधीष्टे 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
अधीष्टे च
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Commentary
And when 'wish' is meant ( the लोट् (Imperative) may be used when the word स्म is in composition with the verb.
The word स्म is understood here. The word अधीष्ट has already been explained in sutra 3.3.161. This rule supersedes the Potential. Thus अङ्ग स्म राजन् माणवकमध्यापय or अङ्ग स्म राजन्नग्निहोत्रं जुहुधि 'O! King! I wish that you teach the boy or make Agnihotra sacrifice'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.