3.3.52
प्रे वणिजाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix घञ् is optionally used after the root ग्रह् 'to seize' in composition with प्र when the word so formed relates to commerce.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context प्रे saptamī · ekavacanaTarget वणिजाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacana
- 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").
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
प्रे वणिजाम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The affix घञ् is optionally used after the root ग्रह् 'to seize' in composition with प्र when the word so formed relates to commerce.
Both the words grah and vibhasha are understood here. By 'relation to commerce' is meant here the string of the balance; and not commerce in general. That string by which a balance is held is called तुलाप्रग्रहः or तुलाप्रग्राहः, as तुलाप्रग्राहेण चरति or तुलाप्रग्रहेण चरति; and this may be said of any person whether he be a trader or not.
Why do we say 'when belonging to commerce'? Observe प्रग्रहो देवदत्तस्य 'the whip of Devadatta'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.