3.3.93
कर्मण्यधिकरणे च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix कि comes after a घु verb -- दाधा घ्वदाप् (1.1.20) when a word in the Accusative -2nd case is in composition with it and when the relation of the word so formed to its verb, is that of 'location.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context कर्मणि saptamī · ekavacanaRight context 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
कर्मणि च
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Commentary
The affix कि comes after a घु verb -- दाधा घ्वदाप् 1.1.20 when a word in the Accusative -2nd case is in composition with it and when the relation of the word so formed to its verb, is that of 'location.
As जलधिः 'the ocean (in which water is held)'; शरधिः 'a quiver (that in which arrows are put)'.
The word 'location' in the aphorism indicates that the words so formed should have no other significance. The word च in the aphorism draws in the affix कि from the last sutra.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.