3.4.14
कृत्यार्थे तवैकेन्केन्यत्वनः
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes 1. तवै 2. केन् 3. केन्य 4. त्वन् are added to roots in the छन्दस् (Vedas), in the sense of कृत्य-affixes.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context कृत्यार्थे saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term तवै- केन्- केन्य- त्वनः prathamā · 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").
- 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
कृत्यार्थे तवै-
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Commentary
The affixes 1. तवै 2. केन् 3. केन्य 4. त्वन् are added to roots in the छन्दस् (Vedas), in the sense of कृत्य-affixes.
The force of kritya affixes is to denote 'action' (भाव) and 'object' (कर्मन्). Thus अन्वेतवै = अन्वेतव्यम्; परिधातवै = परिधातव्यम्; नावगाहे = नावगाहितव्यम्; दिदृक्षेण्यः (Rig. I.146.5) = दिदृक्षितव्यम्; शुश्रूषेण्यः = शुश्रूषितव्यम्; कर्त्वम्; (Rig. I.I0.2) = कर्तव्यम् ।
The affix तवै was mentioned in sutra 3.4.9 also; there it has the force of the Infinitive, and here that of the Passive Participle. For its accent, see (VI.I.200.2. 51).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.