4.4.66
तदस्मै दीयते नियुक्तम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'to whom this is to be given rightfully' after a word expressing the thing to be given, in the Nominative 1st-Case (तद्) in construction, the force of the affix being that of a Dative -4th Case.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term तत् prathamā · ekavacanaFor अस्मै caturthī · ekavacanaVerb दीयते tiṅantaSubstitute / term नियुक्तम् prathamā · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- For Caturthī (4th case).
- Verb A finite verb form (tiṅanta).
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Full reading
तत् अस्मै दीयते नियुक्तम्
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Commentary
The affix ठक् comes in the sense of 'to whom this is to be given rightfully' after a word expressing the thing to be given, in the Nominative 1st-Case (तद्) in construction, the force of the affix being that of a Dative -4th Case.
The word दीयते नियुक्तम् means नियोगेन i.e. अव्यभिचारेण दीयते 'to be given by appointment or rightfully'. Thus अग्रे भोजनमस्मै नियुक्तं दीयते = आग्रभोजनिकः 'a Brahmana always entitled to occupy the foremost seat at dinner'. So also आपूपिकः 'entitled to get cakes', शाष्कुलिकः ॥ Some say that the word नियुक्तं means नित्यं 'always'. According to them आपूपिकः would mean अपूपा नित्यमस्मै दीयन्ते 'to whom always cakes are given'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.