3.4.40
स्वे पुषः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix णमुल् comes after the verb पुष् 'to feed' when a word in the Instrumental -3rd case having the sense of स्व is in composition.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context स्वे saptamī · ekavacanaLeft context पुषः pañcamī · 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").
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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स्वे पुषः
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Commentary
The affix णमुल् comes after the verb पुष् 'to feed' when a word in the Instrumental -3rd case having the sense of स्व is in composition.
The word स्व means 'self', 'kinsmen' and 'property'. Thus स्वपोषं पुष्णाति 'he feeds himself'; आत्मपोषं, गोपोषं, पितृपोषं, मातृपोषं, धनपोषं, रैपोषं &c. See 1.1.68. Rule 46 applies here also.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.