4.4.41
धर्मं चरति
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes after the word धर्मं being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction in the sense of 'who practices that'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Object धर्मम् dvitīyā · ekavacanaVerb चरति tiṅanta
- Object Dvitīyā (2nd case).
- Verb A finite verb form (tiṅanta).
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Full reading
धर्मम् चरति
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes after the word धर्मं being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction in the sense of 'who practices that'.
Thus धर्मम् चरति = धार्मिकः "religious". So also आधर्मिकः "irreligious undutiful", by a Vartika.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.