6.1.147
आश्चर्यमनित्ये
Operational rule vidhi
The word आशचर्य is formed by सुट् when meaning something 'unusual'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term आश्चर्यम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context अनित्ये saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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").
Full reading
आश्चर्यम् अनित्ये
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The word आशचर्य is formed by सुट् when meaning something 'unusual'.
The word आश्चर्य is formed by adding the affix यत् to the verb चर् with the preposition आ, and the augment सुट् ॥ Thus आश्चर्यं यदि स भुंजीत, आश्चर्यं यदि सोऽधीयीत ॥ When not having this sense, we have आश्चर्यं कर्म शोभनम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.