5.3.56
तिङश्च
Operational rule vidhi
So also after a finite verb, comes the affix तमप् (तम) when 'surpassing' is meant
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Commentary
So also after a finite verb, comes the affix तमप् (तम) when 'surpassing' is meant
By ङ्याप्प्रातिपदिकात् (IV. I.I) whose force runs throughout, the taddhita affixes are ordained only after nominal stems; they would not have come after verbs, hence this sutra. Thus पचतितमाम् (the आम् is added by 5.4.11 = सर्व इमे पचन्तीति, अयमेषामतिशयेन पचति, 'he cooks surprisingly'. जल्पतितमाम् &c. The affix इष्ठन् never comes after a verb, as by 5.3.58, it is restricted to adjectives.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.