6.3.5
आज्ञायिनि च
Operational rule vidhi
Also before आज्ञायिन् the Instrumental -3rd case endings of मनस् are not elided.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context आज्ञायिनि saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
Full reading
आज्ञायिनि च
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
Also before आज्ञायिन् the Instrumental -3rd case endings of मनस् are not elided.
Thus मनसाज्ञायिन् = मनसाऽऽज्ञातुं शीलमस्य ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.