8.1.37
पूजायां नानन्तरम्
Operational rule vidhi
But not so when these particles यावत् and यथा immediately precede the verb an denote 'praise'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context पूजायाम् saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable न avyayaSubstitute / term अनन्तरम् prathamā · ekavacana
- 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".
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
पूजायाम् न अनन्तरम्
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Commentary
But not so when these particles यावत् and यथा immediately precede the verb an denote 'praise'.
That is, the verb loses its accent, and becomes anudatta. Thus यावत् प॒च॒ति॒ शोभनम्, यथा पचति शोभनम्, यावत् करोति चारु ॥
Why do we say when denoting 'praise'? Observe यावद् भुङ्क्ते꣡, यथा भुङ्क्ते꣡ ॥
Why do we say 'immediately'? Observe यावद् देवदत्तः प꣡चति शोभनं, यथा देवदत्तः करो꣡ति चारु ॥ Here the verbs retain their accent by the last sutra.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.