4.3.95
भक्तिः
Operational rule vidhi
An affix -- प्राग्दीव्यतोऽण् (4.1.83), comes after a word in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction in the sense of 'this is his object of veneration or love'.
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Substitute / term भक्तिः prathamā · ekavacana
- 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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भक्तिः
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Commentary
An affix -- प्राग्दीव्यतोऽण् 4.1.83, comes after a word in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction in the sense of 'this is his object of veneration or love'.
The word भक्ति in the sutra means 'serving', 'worshipping' or 'loving'.
Thus स्रुघ्नो भक्तिरस्य = स्रौघ्नः 'a person who is loyal to Srughna'. So also माथुरः, राष्ट्रियः &c.
The anuvritti of the word अभिजनः ceases. The word सः and अस्य should be read into the sutra.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.