5.4.60
समयाच्च यापनायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix डाच् comes after the word समय when कृ 'to make' follows, when the sense is that of 'neglecting'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context समयात् pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context यापनायाम् 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.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- 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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समयात् च यापनायाम्
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Commentary
The affix डाच् comes after the word समय when कृ 'to make' follows, when the sense is that of 'neglecting'.
The word कृ is understood here also. The anuvritti of कृष ceases. The getting of leisure from the duties is called समय or 'time; the neglect or loss of such time is meant by the word यापना ॥ Thus समया करोति = कालक्षेपं करोति (अद्य मे पारवश्यं, श्वः परश्वो वास्य समय इत्येवं यो बहुषु दिवसेषु अतिवर्त्तते, स एवमुच्यते) 'who procrastinates'. Why do we say when the sense is that "neglecting"? Observe समयं करोति "he makes time".
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.