6.2.155
नञो गुणप्रतिषेधे सम्पाद्यर्हहितालमर्थास्तद्धिताः
Operational rule vidhi
The words formed with the तद्धित affixes denoting 'fitted for that' -- सम्पादिनि (5.1.99), 'deserving that' -- तद् अर्हति (5.1.63), 'good for that' -- तस्मै हितम् (5.1.5), 'capable to effect that' -- तस्मै प्रभवति संतापादिभ्यः (5.1.101), have acute accent (उदात्त) on the final when preceded by the Negative Particle नञ् , when it makes a negation with regard to the above mentioned attributes.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context नञः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context गुणप्रतिषेधे saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term सम्पादि- अर्ह- हित- अलम्- अर्थाः prathamā · bahuvacanaSubstitute / term prathamā · bahuvacana
- 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").
- 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
नञः गुणप्रतिषेधे सम्पादि-
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Commentary
The words formed with the तद्धित affixes denoting 'fitted for that' -- सम्पादिनि 5.1.99, 'deserving that' -- तद् अर्हति 5.1.63, 'good for that' -- तस्मै हितम् 5.1.5, 'capable to effect that' -- तस्मै प्रभवति संतापादिभ्यः 5.1.101, have acute accent (उदात्त) on the final when preceded by the Negative Particle नञ् , when it makes a negation with regard to the above mentioned attributes.
Thus संपादि 'suited for that' 5.1.99:-
अकार्णवेष्टकिकं꣡ मुखम् = न कार्ण वेष्टकिकं (कर्ण वेष्टकाभ्यां सम्पादि) ॥ The affix is ठञ् ॥ अर्ह 'deserving that' 5.1.63:- अच्छैदिकः꣡ = न छैदिकः (छेदमर्हति). The affix is ठक् 5.1.64 and 5.1.19 हित 'good for that' 5.1.5 :- अवत्सीयः꣡ = न वत्सी यः ॥ The affix is छ5.1.1. अलमर्थः 'capable to effect that' 5.1.101 :- असंतापिकः꣡ = न संतापिकः ॥ The affix is ठञ् 5.1.18 Why do we say 'after नञ्'? Observe गर्दभरथमर्हति = गार्दभरथिकः, विगार्दभरथिकः, where the negative वि is used and therefore the avyaya वि retains its accent by 6.2.2. Why do we say 'negation of that attribute'? Observe गार्दभरथिकादन्यः = अगार्दभरथिकः ॥ The word गुण here means the attribute denoted by the Taddhita affix, and not any attribute in general. Thus अकार्णवेष्टकिकं मुखं = कर्णवेष्टकाभ्याम् न संपादि मुखम् ॥ Why do we say 'in the sense of sampadi &c' ? Observe पाणिनीयमधीयते = पाणिनीयः, न पाणिनीयः, = अपाणिनीयः ॥ Why do we say "Taddhita affixes"? Observe कन्यां वोढुमर्हति = कन्यावोढा, न वोढा = अवोढा ॥ Here तृच् a krit affix is added in the sense of 'deserving' 3.3.169.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.