3.3.96
मन्त्रे वृषेषपचमनविदभूवीरा उदात्तः
Operational rule vidhi
In the मन्त्र literature, क्तिन् acutely accented comes after the following roots, forming words in feminine gender, denoting a 'mere action' 1. वृष् 'to rain' 2. इष् 'to wish 3. पच् 'to cook' 4. मन् 'to think' 5. विद् 'to know' 6. भू 'to be' 7. वि 'to go, to consume' 8. रा 'to give'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context मन्त्रे saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term वृष- इष- पच- मन- विद- भू- वी- राः prathamā · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
- 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.
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Full reading
मन्त्रे वृष-
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Commentary
In the मन्त्र literature, क्तिन् acutely accented comes after the following roots, forming words in feminine gender, denoting a 'mere action' 1. वृष् 'to rain' 2. इष् 'to wish 3. पच् 'to cook' 4. मन् 'to think' 5. विद् 'to know' 6. भू 'to be' 7. वि 'to go, to consume' 8. रा 'to give'.
The construction of this sutra is anomalous. Instead of the bases being put in the ablative case, they are put in the nominative case. Thus वृष्टिः 'raining'; इष्टिः 'wishing'; पक्तिः 'cooking'; मतिः 'thinking'; वित्तिः 'knowing'; भूतिः 'being'; वीतिः 'consuming'; रातिः 'giving'.
The affix क्तिन् has been generally ordained by sutra 94 after all verbs. The present sutra is made for the sake of regulating the accent in the case of these nouns. From इष् we have also an irregular noun इच्छा 2.3.10, and another by the general rule 94 having acute accent on the first syllable, altogether 3 forms. See Rig Veda I.II6.12; II 5.6; 1.62.3, 57.2; IV. 24.7; III.39. I; I.6.5, 60. I; X. 95.17 for these words.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.