4.3.43
कालात् साधुपुष्प्यत्पच्यमानेषु
Operational rule vidhi
An affix comes after a word denoting time being in the Locative -7th case in construction, in the sense of 'being good', 'flowering' or 'ripening therein.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context कालात् pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context साधु- पुष्प्यत्- पच्यमानेषु saptamī · bahuvacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- 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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Full reading
कालात् साधु-
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Commentary
An affix comes after a word denoting time being in the Locative -7th case in construction, in the sense of 'being good', 'flowering' or 'ripening therein.
Thus हेमन्ते साधुः = हैमन्तः 'what is good or pleasant in autumn' as हैमन्तः प्राकारः शैशिरमनुलेपम् ॥ So also वसन्ते पुष्प्यन्ति = वासन्त्यः 'vernal creepers i. e. which flower in spring', ग्रैष्म्यः पाटलाः ॥ So also शरदि पच्यन्ते = शारदाः शालयः 'the grains that ripen in autumn'. ग्रैष्मा यवाः 'the barley that ripens in summer'.
This sutra teaches the base and the sense of the affix. It does not directly teach the affix. The above illustrations are examples of the affix अण् &c.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.