6.2.93
सर्वं गुणकार्त्स्न्ये
Operational rule vidhi
The acute accent (उदात्त) is on the final of the word सर्व standing as the first member before an attributive word in the sense 'whole, through and through'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term सर्वम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context गुणकार्त्स्न्ये 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").
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सर्वम् गुणकार्त्स्न्ये
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Commentary
The acute accent (उदात्त) is on the final of the word सर्व standing as the first member before an attributive word in the sense 'whole, through and through'.
Thus सर्व꣡श्वेतः, सर्व꣡कृष्णः, सर्व꣡महान् ॥ Why do we say सर्व? Observe परमश्वेतः, here the attribute of श्वेत pervades through and through the object referred : but the accent is not on the final of परम ॥ Why do we say 'attributive word'? Observe सर्वसौवर्णः, 'golden', सर्वरजतः 'silvery', which do not denote any attribute in their original state but modification. In fact it is not गुणकार्त्स्न्य here at all, but a विकारकार्त्स्न्य ॥ Why do we use the word 'Kartsnya or complete pervasion'. Observe सर्वेषां श्वेततरः = सर्वश्वेतः here the compounding takes place by the elision of the affix तरप् denoting comparison, and as it shows only comparitive, not absolute, whiteness, the rule does not apply. Moreover, in this example, the "kartsnya" is not that of "guna" but of "guni", not of the 'attribute', but of the 'substance'. Objection:- How do you form such a compound सर्वेषां श्वेततरः = सर्वश्वेतः, for it is prohibited by 2.2.11? Ans. We do it on the strength of the following Vartika गुणात्तरेण समासो वक्तव्यः, सरलोपश्च ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.