6.1.72
संहितायाम्
Heading adhikāra संहिताधिकारः (प्रथमः)
This is an अधिकार that runs till पारस्करप्रभृतीनि च संज्ञायाम् (6.1.157). Anything told in this अधिकार happens only in the context of संहिता.
Word by word (padaccheda)
In / when संहितायाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- In / when Saptamī (7th case): "in X" or "when X", a domain or condition.
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Full reading
संहितायाम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
In the following sutras up to 6.1.157 inclusive, the words संहितायाम् 'in an unbroken flow of speech', should be supplied.
This is an adhikara or governing sutra, exerting its influence upto 6.1.158. What ever we shall say in the sutras preceding that, must be understood to apply to words which are in संहिता, that is, which are pronounced together with an uninterrupted voice. Thus दध्यत्र, मध्वत्र the इ and उ are changed to य and व when the two words are pronounced without any hiatus. Otherwise we shall have दधि अत्र, मधु अत्र ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.