बहुलं छन्दस्यमाङ्योगेऽपि

Operational rule vidhi

In वेदाः, the अडागम आडागम may or may not be seen done in presence of माङ्.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term बहुलम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context छन्दसि saptamī · ekavacanaRight context अमाङ्योगे saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable अपि avyaya

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").
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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Full reading

बहुलम् छन्दसि अमाङ्योगे अपि

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Commentary

There is diversity in the छन्दस् (Vedas) : the augment अट् or आट् is added even with मा and sometimes not added even there is no मा।
Thus in जनिष्ठा उग्रः (Rig X. 73.1), काममूनयीत् (Rig I.53.3) and काममर्दयीत्; the augment is not added though there is no मा ॥ In मा वः क्षेत्रे परबीजान्यवाप्सुः, मा अभित्थाः, मा आवः, the augment is not elided, though the particle मा is added.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.