8.1.60
हेति क्षियायाम्
Operational rule vidhi
In connection with ह , the first finite verb retains its accent when an offence against custom is reprimanded.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable ह avyayaIndeclinable avyayaRight context क्षियायाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- 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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ह क्षियायाम्
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Commentary
In connection with ह , the first finite verb retains its accent when an offence against custom is reprimanded.
The word क्षिया means an error or mistake of duty, a breach of etiquette or a fault against good breeding.
Thus स्वयं ह रथेन या꣡ति॑ ३, उपाध्यायं पदाति ग॒म॒य॒ति॒ 'He himself goes on a car, while he causes his Preceptor to trudge behind on foot'. स्वयं ह ओदनं भुङ्क्ते ३, उपाध्यायं सक्तून् पाययति 'Himself eats the rice, and makes the preceptor eat the gruel'. Here in both examples, the nighata of the first verbs is prohibited. The verbs become svarita-pluta by 8.2.104.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.