5.4.72
पथो विभाषा
Operational rule vidhi
The समासान्त affix does not optionally come after a तत्-पुरुष समास of the word पथिन् with नञ् .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context पथः pañcamī · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term 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
पथः
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Commentary
The समासान्त affix does not optionally come after a तत्-पुरुष समास of the word पथिन् with नञ् ।
This declares an option, where under the last sutra the omission would have been necessary. Thus अपथम् or अपन्थाः ॥ (See 5.4.74 and 2.4.30).
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.