7.4.3
भ्राजभासभाषदीपजीवमीलपीडामन्यतरस्याम्
Operational rule vidhi
The shortening of the penultimate of the Causative अङ्ग (stem) in the reduplicated Aorist, is optional in the following - 1. भ्राज् 2. भास् 3. भाष् 4. दीप् 5. जीव् 6. मील् and 7. पीड् .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target भ्राजभासभाषदीपजीवमीलपीडाम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacanaRight context अन्यतरस्याम् saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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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भ्राजभासभाषदीपजीवमीलपीडाम् अन्यतरस्याम्
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Commentary
The shortening of the penultimate of the Causative अङ्ग (stem) in the reduplicated Aorist, is optional in the following - 1. भ्राज् 2. भास् 3. भाष् 4. दीप् 5. जीव् 6. मील् and 7. पीड् ।
As अबिभ्रजत् or अबभ्राजत्, अबीभसत् or अबभासत्, अबीभषत् or अबभाषत्, अदीदिपत् or अदिदीपत्, अजीजिवत् or अजिजीवत्, अमीमिलत् or अमिमीलत्, अपीपिडत् or अपिपीडत् ॥ The Dhatupatha reads भ्राजृ (Bhuadi 194)and भासृ (Bhuadi 655). The indicatory ऋ is unnecessary and not countenanced by Panini, as shown in this sutra. Had they been ऋदित्, they would have been governed by the last aphorism.
Vart:- The words काणि, वाणि, राणि, हेठि, लोपि should be enumerated: as अचकाणत् or अचीकणत्, अरराणत् or अरीरणत्, अशश्राणत् or अशिश्रणत्, अवभाणत् or अवीभणत्, अजीहिठित्, अजिहेठत्, अलुलोपत् or अलूलुपत् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.