7.1.66
उपात् प्रशंसायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
The verb root उप + लभ् gets a नुमागम in the anticipation of a pratyay that starts with य्, if the intended meaning of the resultant word is 'to praise'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context उपात् pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context प्रशंसायाम् 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").
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उपात् प्रशंसायाम्
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Commentary
The augment नुम् is added to लभ् 'to get' preceded by उप before य when the reference is to something praise-worthy.
As उपलम्भ्या भवता विद्या, उपलम्भ्यानि धनानि ॥ These words are formed by ण्यत् and have svarita on the final. Why do we say 'when referring to something praise worthy'? Observe उपलभ्यमस्माद् वृषलात् किंचित्, this is formed with the यत् affix 3.1.98.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.