विसारिणो मत्स्ये

Operational rule vidhi

The affix अण् (अ) is added to the word विसारिन् when a word expressing 'fish' is to be made.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context विसारिणः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context मत्स्ये saptamī · ekavacana

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

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विसारिणः मत्स्ये

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Commentary

The affix अण् (अ) is added to the word विसारिन् when a word expressing 'fish' is to be made.
Thus वैसारिणः "a fish". Why do we say "when it means a fish"? Observe विसारी देवदत्तः "Devadatta who is gliding out".

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