विनञ्भ्यां नानाञौ नसह

Operational rule vidhi

The affixes ना and नाञ् comes in the sense of 'not being together' after the words 1. वि and 2. नञ् respectively.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context वि- नञ्भ्याम् pañcamī · dvivacanaSubstitute / term ना- नाञौ prathamā · dvivacanaIndeclinable नसह avyaya

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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

वि-नञ्भ्याम् ना-नाञौ नसह

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Commentary

The affixes ना and नाञ् comes in the sense of 'not being together' after the words 1. वि and 2. नञ् respectively.
Thus वि + ना = विना 'without'; नञ् + नाञ् = नाना 'several'.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.