4.4.133
पूर्वैः कृतमिनयौ च
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes इन , ख and य come in the sense of 'made by them' after the word पूर्व 'fore-fathers' in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
With / by पूर्वैः tṛtīyā · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaObject इन- यौ dvitīyā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Object Dvitīyā (2nd case).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
पूर्वैः इन-
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Commentary
The affixes इन , ख and य come in the sense of 'made by them' after the word पूर्व 'fore-fathers' in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction.
The ख is read into the sutra by force of the word च; the anuvritti of मत्वर्थ ceases. Thus पूर्वैः कृतं = पूर्विणः 'made by the ancestors' i. e. a road. So also पूर्व्यः and पूर्वीणः ॥ The word पूर्वैः in the plural means पूर्वपुरुषाः "past generations, ancestors". These words occur generally in the plural, and mean "roads widened by the forefathers". Thus गम्भीरेभिः पथिभिः पूर्विणेभिः ॥ So also, ये ते पन्थाः सविताः पूर्व्यासः (Rig I.35. II) Another reading of this sutra is पूर्वैः कृतमिनियौच; the affixes then will be इनि (इन्), and य; and ख will be drawn in by virtue of च ॥ The examples then will be पूर्विन्; 3rd pl. पूर्विभिः (with इन्), as पथिभिः पूर्विभिः, or पूर्वीणैः (ख) or पूर्व्यैः (य) ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.