5.1.77
उत्तरपथेनाहृतं च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of 'who passes by that way' and 'what is conveyed by that way' after the word उत्तरपथ in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
With / by उत्तरपथेन tṛtīyā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term आहृतम् prathamā · 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
उत्तरपथेन आहृतम् च
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Commentary
The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of 'who passes by that way' and 'what is conveyed by that way' after the word उत्तरपथ in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction.
The construction of the sutra shows that the base must be in the 3rd case. The word च shows that the word गच्छति 'who passes by that way' should also be read into the aphorism. Thus उत्तरपथेनाहृतं = औत्तरपथिकम् or उत्तरपथेन गच्छति = औत्तरपथिकः ॥
Vart :- So also after the word पथ preceded by the words वारि, जङ्गल, स्थल, कान्तार the affix has the sense of 'conveyed by that way' or 'passing by that way'. As वारिपथेनाहृतः = वारिपथिकम्, वारिपथेन गच्छति = वारिपथिकः, so also जाङ्गलपथिक, स्थालपथिक, कान्तारपथिक, masculine or neuter according as the affix means conveyed or passing.
Vart:- So also after the words अजपथ and शंकुपथ as, अजपथेनाहृतं गच्छति वा = आजपथिकः, शांकुपथिकः ॥
Vart:- The affix अण् comes after the word स्थलपथ when the thing conveyed or brought means 'honey' or 'pepper'. As स्थालपथं मधुकं, स्थालपथं मरिचम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.