5.2.12
समांसमां विजायते
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ख (ईन) comes in the sense of 'who bears in the womb' after the word समांसमाम्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Object समाम् dvitīyā · ekavacanaObject समाम् dvitīyā · ekavacanaRight context विजायते saptamī · ekavacana
- Object Dvitīyā (2nd case).
- 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").
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समाम् समाम् विजायते
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Commentary
The affix ख (ईन) comes in the sense of 'who bears in the womb' after the word समांसमाम्।
The word विजायते means गर्भे धारयति 'who bears in the womb'. This verb governs the accusative of time समांसमां by 2.1.29. Thus समांसमां विजायते = समांसमीना गौः, समांसमीना वडवा ॥
Vart:- According to others the aphorism means 'the affix comes in the sense of to give birth to or to get a young'. i.e. विजायते = गर्भमोचनं ॥ According to them, the verb governs the locative: समायां समायां विजायते = समांसमीना, the य् of the first समायां being elided, the rest of the vibhakti (आम्) remaining. The word will mean "an animal that gives birth to a young one every year".
Vart:- Sometime there is no affixing, but the whole sentence is to be used to express this meaning, or the य् only of both members is to be elided and a sentence formed. As समां समां विजायते or समयां समयां विजायते ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.