3.4.29
कर्मणि दृशिविदोः साकल्ये
Operational rule vidhi
When the object is compounded with it, the verb दृश् 'to see' or विद् 'to know' takes the affix णमुल् to denote the total number of such objects.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context कर्मणि saptamī · ekavacanaTarget दृशिविदोः ṣaṣṭhī · dvivacanaRight context साकल्ये saptamī · 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").
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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कर्मणि दृशिविदोः साकल्ये
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Commentary
When the object is compounded with it, the verb दृश् 'to see' or विद् 'to know' takes the affix णमुल् to denote the total number of such objects.
Thus कन्यादर्शं वरयति 'he woos every girl that he sees i.e. all the girls seen'. ब्राह्मणवेदं भोजयति 'he feeds as many Brahmanas as he knows, i.e. all'.
Why do we say 'when denoting the total number of such objects'? Observe ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा भोजयति 'having seen the Brahmana he feeds him'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.