5.2.13
अद्यश्वीनाऽवष्टब्धे
Operational rule vidhi
The word अद्यश्वीन is anomalous meaning 'a female near delivery'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Word अद्यश्वीन Right context अवष्टब्धे saptamī · ekavacana
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- 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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अद्यश्वीन अवष्टब्धे
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Commentary
The word अद्यश्वीन is anomalous meaning 'a female near delivery'.
The word विजायते is understood here. The word अवष्टब्ध means 'imminent, near'. It is formed by अव + स्तंभ + क्त, the स् being changed to ष् by 8.3.68. Thus अद्य वा श्वो वा विजायते = अद्यश्वीना गौः "a cow likely to give birth to-day or to-morrow". So also अद्यश्वीना वडवा ॥
Some do not read विजायते into the sutra, which then means "The word adyasvina is irregularly formed meaning imminent". As अद्यश्वीनं मरणं 'imminent death'. अद्यश्वीनो वियोगः 'separation likely to take place to-day or tomorrow'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.