6.2.173
कपि पूर्वम्
Operational rule vidhi
In a बहुव्रीहि समास formed by the negative particle नञ् or by सु and ending in the affix कप् -- नद्यृतश्च (5.4.153), has acute accent (उदात्त) on the syllable preceding the affix.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context कपि saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term पूर्वम् prathamā · ekavacana
- 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.
Full reading
कपि पूर्वम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
In a बहुव्रीहि समास formed by the negative particle नञ् or by सु and ending in the affix कप् -- नद्यृतश्च 5.4.153, has acute accent (उदात्त) on the syllable preceding the affix.
By the last sutra the accent would have fallen on कप्, this makes it fall on the vowel preceding it. Thus अकुमारीको꣡देशः, अवृषली꣡कः, अब्रह्मबन्धू꣡कः, सुकुमा꣡रीकः, सुवृष꣡लीकः, सुब्रह्मबन्धू꣡कः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.