दिवोऽविजिगीषायाम्

Operational rule vidhi

The निष्ठा त is changed to न after दिव् when the sense is not that of 'play'.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context दिवः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context अविजिगीषायाम् saptamī · ekavacana

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
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

दिवः अविजिगीषायाम्

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Commentary

The निष्ठा त is changed to न after दिव् when the sense is not that of 'play'.
The word विजिगीषा means "desire of conquest or gain", but here it means "gambling".

Thus आद्यूनः, = औदरिकः, परिद्यूनः क्षीणः ॥ Why do we say. "when it does not mean to play"? Observe द्यूतं वर्तते ॥ Here the throwing of dice is with the desire of winning or gaining victory (vijigisha) over the opponent.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.