7.3.100
अदः सर्वेषाम्
Operational rule vidhi
A सार्वधातुक-अपृक्त-प्रत्यय that follows the verb अद् gets an अट् आगम.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अदः pañcamī · ekavacanaTarget सर्वेषाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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Full reading
अदः सर्वेषाम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
After अद् 'to eat' , comes the augment अट् before a सार्वधातुक affix consisting of a single consonant, according to the opinion of all grammarians.
As आदत् and आदः ॥ Before a non-aprikta we have अत्ति, अत्सि ॥ The word सर्वेषाम् makes it a necessary rule and not optional, like the last.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.