4.1.149
फेश्छ च
Operational rule vidhi
When contempt is to be expressed, the affix छ (as well as the affix ठक्) comes in the sense of descendant after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) ending in the affix फिञ् and denoting a सौवीर गोत्र.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context फेः pañcamī · ekavacanaWord छ Indeclinable च avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Word Case not marked in the source data.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
फेः छ च
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Commentary
When contempt is to be expressed, the affix छ (as well as the affix ठक्) comes in the sense of descendant after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) ending in the affix फिञ् and denoting a सौवीर गोत्र।
Karika
यमुन्दश्च सुयामा च वार्ष्यायणिः फिञः स्मृताः ।
सौवीरेषु च कुत्सायां द्वौ योगौ शब्दवित् स्मरेत् ॥
Thus the son of यमुन्द will be यामुन्दायनिः formed by the affix फिञ् 4.1.154 as this word belongs to Tikadi class. The son of Yamundayani will be either यमुन्दायनीयः or यामुन्दायनिकः ॥
But when contempt is not to be expressed, the son of यामुन्दायनिः will be यामुन्दायनिः ॥ Thus यामुन्दायनि + अण् = यामुन्दायनि + o (Il. 4.58) = यामुन्दायनिः ॥
So also when persons of Suvira country are not meant, छ is not added. Thus तैकायनिः ॥
The फेः of the sutra refers to फिञ् and not to फिन्, for a stem formed by फिन् will not have a Vriddhi letter in the first syllable and will not be called 'Vriddham'; and the anuvritti of this word is understood in the sutra.
According to the Karika, three फिञन्त stems, all belonging to Tikadi class, are only governed by this sutra viz यमुन्द, सुयामा and वार्ष्यायणिः ॥ The son of वृष is Varshyayani.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.