4.1.125
भ्रुवो वुक् च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ढक् comes in the sense of a descendant after the word भ्रू and the augment वुक् is added when this affix is to be applied.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target भ्रुवः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
भ्रुवः वुक् च
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भ्रुवः → वुक्
Replace bhruvaḥ with vuk. Inherited words (anuvṛtti) may add further conditions.
Commentary
The affix ढक् comes in the sense of a descendant after the word भ्रू and the augment वुक् is added when this affix is to be applied.
Thus भ्रू + ढक् = भ्रू + वुक् + ढक् 1.1.46 = भ्रूव् + ढक् = भ्रौवेयः 7.1.2
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.