6.3.11
मध्याद्गुरौ
Operational rule vidhi
The Locative -7th case-affix is not elided after मध्य when गुरु follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context मध्यात् pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context गुरौ saptamī · ekavacana
- 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").
Full reading
मध्यात् गुरौ
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The Locative -7th case-affix is not elided after मध्य when गुरु follows.
As, मध्येगुरुः ॥
Vart:- So also after अन्त; as अन्तेगुरुः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.