8.1.54
हन्त च
Operational rule vidhi
An Imperative with a preposition preceding it, may optionally retain its accent, in connection with हन्त , but not in the 1st person.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable हन्त avyayaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
हन्त च
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Commentary
An Imperative with a preposition preceding it, may optionally retain its accent, in connection with हन्त , but not in the 1st person.
With the exception of गत्यर्थ लोटा &c, the whole of the preceding sutra is understood here.
Thus हन्त प्र꣡ वि॒श॒ or प्रविश꣡, हन्त प्र꣡ शाधि or प्रशाधि꣡ ॥ But no option is allowed here हन्त कुरु꣡, as it is not preceded by a preposition. Here rule 8.1.30, makes the accent compulsory after हन्त ॥ So also हन्त प्रभुन꣡जावहै, हन्त प्रभुन꣡जामहै, where the 1st Person is used, the verb retains its accent compulsorily by 8.1.30.
The word प्रभुनजावहै is Imperative First Person, Dual of the root भुज् in Atmanepada (1.3. 66). The Personal ending वहै is anudatta by 6.1.186, because the verb is anudatta it. The vikarana न therefore retains its accent.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.