अनुकाभिकाभीकः कमिता

Operational rule vidhi

The words 1. अनुक 2. अभिक and 3. अभीक are anomalous meaning 'being at liberty to do or being fond of'.

Word by word (padaccheda)

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Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.

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Full reading

अनुक-अभिक-अभीकः कमिता

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Commentary

The words 1. अनुक 2. अभिक and 3. अभीक are anomalous meaning 'being at liberty to do or being fond of'.
Thus अनुकामयते = अनुकः 'desirous, libidinous'. अभिकामयते = अभिकः or अभीकः 'a lover, voluptuous person'.

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