3.4.55
परिक्लिश्यमाने च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix णमुल् comes after a root when a word in the Accusative -2nd case denoting a limb of one's own body, which is completely afflicted by the action, is in composition.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context परिक्लिश्यमाने saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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परिक्लिश्यमाने च
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Commentary
The affix णमुल् comes after a root when a word in the Accusative -2nd case denoting a limb of one's own body, which is completely afflicted by the action, is in composition.
The word परिक्लिश्यमान means 'completely hurt or affected'. Thus उरः प्रतिपेषं or उरःपेषं युध्यन्ते = कृत्स्नमुरः पीडयन्तः 'they fight so as to afflict their whole bosom'. So also शिरःपेषं or शिरःप्रतिपेषं ।
The difference between this and the last sutra consists in this, that this sutra applies even to vital organs, such as 'breast', 'head' &c; while the last aphorism applies 'non-vital organs' only.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.