3.4.3
समुच्चयेऽन्यतरस्याम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix लोट् (Imperative) is similarly added to the root optionally when several themes follow one after another.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context समुच्चये saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अन्यतरस्याम् 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").
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समुच्चये अन्यतरस्याम्
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Commentary
The affix लोट् (Imperative) is similarly added to the root optionally when several themes follow one after another.
In this case also the terminations of the second person singular and plural Atmanepada and Parasmaipada are employed, namely, हि, स्व, or त and ध्वम् । Thus भ्राष्द्रमट मठमट खदूरमट स्थाल्यपिधानमटेत्येवायमटति or इमावटतः, or इमेऽटन्ति ।
Similar examples can be formed as in the last aphorism; only the Imperative is not doubled as in the last case.
Similarly छन्दोऽधीष्व, व्याकरणमधीष्व, निरुक्तमधीष्वेत्येवायमधीते, or इमावधीयाते or इमेऽधीयते 'he or they two or they all learn, learning Prosody, learning Grammar, learning Nirukta'.
This being an optional rule, we have these forms also; व्याकरणमधीते, छन्दोऽधीते, निरुक्तमधीते, इत्येवायमधीते, इमावधीयाते, इमेऽधीयते । छन्दोधीषे, व्याकरणमधीषे, निरुक्तमधीषे, इत्येव त्वमधीषे, युवामधीयाथे, यूयमधीध्वे । छन्दोधीये व्याकरणमधीये, निरुक्तमधीयइत्ये याहमधीये, आवामधीवहे, वयमधीमहे ।
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.