5.4.61
सपत्त्रनिष्पत्रादतिव्यथने
Operational rule vidhi
The affix डाच् comes after the words 1. सपत्त्र and 2. निष्पत्र followed by the verb कृ 'to make' when the sense is that of causing intense pain.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context सपत्र- निष्पत्रात् pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context अतिव्यथने 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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Commentary
The affix डाच् comes after the words 1. सपत्त्र and 2. निष्पत्र followed by the verb कृ 'to make' when the sense is that of causing intense pain.
The word कृ is understood here also. The word ati-vyathana means violent pain. Thus सपत्रा करोति मृगं व्याधः = सपत्रं शरमस्य शरीरे प्रवेशयति "the hunter pierces the stag with the arrow so violently that the feathered part of the arrow also enters the body". So also निष्पत्रा करोति = शरीराच् छरमपरपार्श्वे निष्क्रामयति "he pierces so voilently that the arrow entering one side comes out of the other with its feathers". Why do we say when meaning "to cause violent pain"? Observe सपत्रं वृक्षं करोति जलसेचकः, निष्पत्रं वृक्षतलं करोति भूमिशोधकः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.