3.3.172
शकि लिङ् च
Operational rule vidhi
And the affix लिङ् (Benedictive) as well as the कृत्य affixes come after a verb when the sense is that of 'capability'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context शकि saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · 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").
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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शकि लिङ् च
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Commentary
And the affix लिङ् (Benedictive) as well as the कृत्य affixes come after a verb when the sense is that of 'capability'.
The word 'capability' qualifies the root so that the sense of capability must be inherent in the root; Thus भवता खलु भारो वोढव्यः, वहनीयः, वाह्यः (kritya), or भवान् खलु भारं वहेत् 'you can carry the load'.
Though kritya-affixes would have come in this sense, even without any special rule, for they are general affixes, their special mention in this sutra is to guard against their being superseded by लिङ्, for rule 3.1.94 is not universally valid.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.