8.1.17
पदात्
Heading adhikāra पदात् इत्यधिकारः
Up to सगतिरपि तिङ् (8.1.68), inclusive, should always be supplied the phrase 'after a पद'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
From / after pañcamī · ekavacana
- From / after Pañcamī (5th case): "from X" or "after X"; in headings, often the limit of their scope.
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Full reading
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
Up to सगतिरपि तिङ् 8.1.68, inclusive, should always be supplied the phrase 'after a पद'.
Whatever we shall teach hereafter should be understood to apply to that which comes after a pada. Thus the sutra 8.1.19, teaches "of an amantrita". The phrase पदात्, must be supplied to complete the sense. That is, "of a pada, which is in the Vocative case, and which comes after another pada, all vowels become anudatta". Thus पचसि दे॒व॒द॒त्त "Cookest thou, O Devadatta". Why do we say, "after a pada"? Observe देवदत्त पचसि ॥ Here Devadatta is not anudatta 6.1.198.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.