6.3.22
पुत्रेऽन्यतरस्याम्
Operational rule vidhi
The Genitive 6th-Case-affix is optionally retained when insult is meant when पुत्र follows.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context पुत्रे saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अन्यतरस्याम् 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").
Full reading
पुत्रे अन्यतरस्याम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The Genitive 6th-Case-affix is optionally retained when insult is meant when पुत्र follows.
Thus दास्याः पुत्रः or दासीपुत्रः, वृषल्याः पुत्रः, or वृषलीपुत्रः ॥ But when insult is not meant we have ब्राह्मणीपुत्रः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.