4.4.96
बन्धने चर्षौ
Operational rule vidhi
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'a bond' after the word हृदय being in the Genitive -6th-Case construction, when the word denotes a 'hymn'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context बन्धने saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context ऋषौ saptamī · 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
बन्धने च ऋषौ
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Commentary
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'a bond' after the word हृदय being in the Genitive -6th-Case construction, when the word denotes a 'hymn'.
The word हृदयस्य is understood in the sutra. The word बन्धन gives the sense of the affix and is qualified by the word ऋषि ॥ That by which a thing is bound is called बन्धनं ॥ The word ऋषि means here the Veda or the Vedic bymn. Thus हृदयस्य बन्धनमृषि = हृ꣡द्यः 'the Mantra by which the heart of another can be brought under one's control', i.e. a वशीकरण मन्त्रः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.