8.2.20
ग्रो यङि
Operational rule vidhi
ल् is substituted for the र् of गॄ in the intensive.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target ग्रः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaRight context यङि saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- 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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Full reading
ग्रः यङि
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Commentary
ल् is substituted for the र् of गॄ in the intensive.
Thus निजेगिल्यते, निजेगिल्येते, निजेगिल्यन्ते ॥ The root गॄ takes यङ्, when the sense of contempt is conveyed, with regard to the action denoted by the root, 3.1.24. गर्हितं गिलति = जेगिल्यते ॥
Some say that ग्र of the sutra includes the two roots गॄ (गिरति Tudadi 117) and गॄ (गृणाति Kryadi 28). Others hold that the Tudadi gri is only taken and not the Kryadi. The Kryadi gri never takes the Intensive form, no example of which is to be met in literature.
Why do we say in the Intensive? Observe निगीर्यते with the Passive affix यक् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.