3.3.61
व्यधजपोरनुपसर्गे
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अप् comes after the verbs 1. व्यध् 'to hurt or to pierce' 2. जप् 'to mutter' when no उपसर्ग is in composition with them.
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Target व्यध- जपोः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacanaRight context अनुपसर्गे saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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").
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Commentary
The affix अप् comes after the verbs 1. व्यध् 'to hurt or to pierce' 2. जप् 'to mutter' when no उपसर्ग is in composition with them.
This debars घञ्. As व्यधः 'wound'; जपः 'muttering'.
Why do we say 'when upasarga-less'? Observe आव्याघा, उपजाया ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.