5.2.21
व्रातेन जीवति
Operational rule vidhi
The affix खञ् comes in the sense of 'who leads this life' or 'who lives by this' after the word व्रात being in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
With / by व्रातेन tṛtīyā · ekavacanaVerb जीवति tiṅanta
- With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.
- Verb A finite verb form (tiṅanta).
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व्रातेन जीवति
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Commentary
The affix खञ् comes in the sense of 'who leads this life' or 'who lives by this' after the word व्रात being in the Instrumental -3rd case in construction.
The word व्रात means a multitude or mass composed of various castes, who have no fixed employment, and live by violence, or by bodily labor. व्रातेन जीवति = व्रातीनः 'a person who lives by the labour of his body, not of his brain'.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.