4.3.51
व्याहरति मृगः
Operational rule vidhi
An affix comes after a word in the Locative -7th case in construction denoting time, in the sense of 'who then wanders' and the word so formed refers to a wild beast.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Verb व्याहरति tiṅantaSubstitute / term मृगः prathamā · ekavacana
- Verb A finite verb form (tiṅanta).
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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व्याहरति मृगः
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Commentary
An affix comes after a word in the Locative -7th case in construction denoting time, in the sense of 'who then wanders' and the word so formed refers to a wild beast.
Thus निशायां व्याहरति मृगः "an animal that wanders at night." So also प्रादोषः or प्रादोषिकः 4.3.14 'a brute that yells in the morning.'
Why do we say मृगः 'a beast' ? Observe निशायां व्याहरति उलूकः ॥ Here there is no affixing. The word व्याहरति also means 'to make noise.' The Sutra may, therefore, also be translated as : "After a word denoting time, an affix 4.1.83 comes in expressing a wild beast who makes noise at that time".
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.