5.3.21
अनद्यतने र्हिलन्यतरस्याम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix र्हिल् comes optionally in denoting time not of the current day after the words किम् , the सर्वनाम and बहु etc.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context अनद्यतने saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term र्हि prathamā · ekavacanaRight context अन्यतरस्याम् saptamī · ekavacana
- 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").
- 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
अनद्यतने र्हिल् अन्यतरस्याम्
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Commentary
The affix र्हिल् comes optionally in denoting time not of the current day after the words किम् , the सर्वनाम and बहु etc.
The anuvritti of छन्दसि is not read into this sutra. This is a general rule. Thus कर्हि or कदा 7.2.103, यर्हि or यदा, तर्हि or तदा ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.