5.4.36
तद्युक्तात् कर्मणोऽण्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix अण् comes after the word कर्मन् 'occupation' when it occurs in connection therewith (i.e. when it is the result of an oral message or commission).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context तद्युक्तात् pañcamī · ekavacanaLeft context कर्मणः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term अ prathamā · ekavacana
- 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.
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Full reading
तद्युक्तात् कर्मणः अण्
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Commentary
The affix अण् comes after the word कर्मन् 'occupation' when it occurs in connection therewith (i.e. when it is the result of an oral message or commission).
Thus कार्मणम् = कर्म 'an occupation of a commision agent (?)'. i. e. when an act is done in pursuance to or on hearing of a verbal message or commission.
Vart:- The words कुलाल, वरुड, निषाद, कर्मार, चण्डाल, मित्र and अमित्र take the affix अण् in the Vedas. As कौलालः, = कुलालः, so also वारुडः, नैषादः, कार्मारः, चाण्डालः, मैत्रः, आमित्रः ॥
The following words formed by अण् without change of sense, occur in the Vedic and the secular literature:- सान्नाय्यः, आनुजावरः, (अनुजादवरः), आनुषूकः (अनुगता सुरेतम्) आनुष्टुभः, चातुष्प्राश्यः, (चतुर्भिः प्राश्यं = ब्रह्मौदनं) राक्षोघ्नाः, (रक्षांसि हन्यन्तेऽनेन) वैयातः, वैकृतः, वारिवस्कृतः, (वरिवः परिचर्या तत् करोति) आग्रायणः, आग्राहायणः, सान्तपनः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.