6.2.21
आशङ्काबाधनेदीयस्सु संभावने
Operational rule vidhi
The first member of a तत्-पुरुष समास preserves its original accent before words आशङ्क , आबाध and नेदीयस् , when it treats about a supposition.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context आशङ्क- आबाध- नेदियस्सु saptamī · bahuvacanaRight context संभावने saptamī · 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").
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Commentary
The first member of a तत्-पुरुष समास preserves its original accent before words आशङ्क , आबाध and नेदीयस् , when it treats about a supposition.
The word संभावनम् = अस्तित्वाध्यवसायः 'the hesitation about the existence of a thing'. Thus ग꣡मनाशङ्कं वर्तते 'one fears the journey'; so also व꣡चनाशङ्कं, व्याह꣡रणाशङ्कं, &c. Similarly ग꣡मनाबाधम् वर्तते = गमनं बाध्यते इति संभाव्यते "it has stepped in as an obstacle to journey". So also व꣡चनाबाधम्, व्याह꣡रणाबाधम् ॥ Similarly ग꣡मनेदीयो वर्त्तते, व꣡चननेदीयः व्याह꣡रणनेदीयः = गमनमिति निकटतरमिति संभाव्यते "the journey stands directly before".
Why do we say when a supposition is meant? Observe परमनेदीयः ॥ All the above words are formed by ल्युट् affix and have लित् accent. 6.1.193.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.