8.1.65
एकान्याभ्यां समर्थाभ्याम्
Operational rule vidhi
Also in connection with एक and अन्य , optionally in the छन्दस् (Vedas), the first verb retains its accent, when these word have the same meaning ('the one - the other').
Word by word (padaccheda)
With / by एकान्याभ्याम् tṛtīyā · dvivacanaWith / by समर्थाभ्याम् tṛtīyā · dvivacana
- With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.
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Full reading
एकान्याभ्याम् समर्थाभ्याम्
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Commentary
Also in connection with एक and अन्य , optionally in the छन्दस् (Vedas), the first verb retains its accent, when these word have the same meaning ('the one - the other').
Thus प्रजामेका जि꣡न्वति (or जि॒न्व॒ति॒), ऊर्जमेकारक्षति ॥ तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्व꣡त्ति (or अत्ति), अनश्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति (Rig Veda I.164.20, Mundaka Upanishad III.I).
Why do we say समर्थाभ्यां 'having the same meaning'? See एको देवानुपातिष्ठत् ॥ Here एक is a Numeral and has not the sense of अन्य 'the one another'. The word समर्थ is used, in fact, to restrict the meaning of एक, for it has various meanings: while there is no ambiguity about the word अन्य ॥ एकोऽन्यार्थे प्रधाने च प्रथमे केवले तथा । साधारणे समानेऽल्पे संख्यायां च प्रयुज्यते ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.