4.4.108

समानोदरे शयित ओ चोदात्तः

Operational rule vidhi

The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'who sleeps' after the word समानोदर in the Locative -7th case construction and the उदात्त falls on the letter ओ.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Right context समान- उदरे saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term शयितः prathamā · ekavacanaWord ओ Indeclinable च avyayaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacana
  • 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").
  • Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
  • 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

समान-उदरे शयितः ओ च

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Commentary

The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'who sleeps' after the word समानोदर in the Locative -7th case construction and the उदात्त falls on the letter ओ।
The word शयित is equal to स्थितः 'remain'. Thus समानोदरे शयितः = समानोदर्यः 'uterine brother' i. e. who has slept in the same womb. See 6.3.88.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.

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