8.2.79
न भकुर्छुराम्
Operational rule vidhi
The lengthening of a vowel does not take place under हलि च (8.2.77) when the nominal अङ्ग (stem) ending in र् or व् is called भ (i.e. when a य् follows) and also not in कुर् and छुर्.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable न avyayaTarget भकुर्छुराम् ṣaṣṭhī · bahuvacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
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न भकुर्छुराम्
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Commentary
The lengthening of a vowel does not take place under हलि च 8.2.77 when the nominal अङ्ग (stem) ending in र् or व् is called भ (i.e. when a य् follows) and also not in कुर् and छुर्।
Thus धुर्यः (धुरं वहति 4.4.77 or धुरि साधुः) ॥ Similarly कुर्यात्, छुर्यात् ॥ The latter is Benedictive of छुर् छेदने ॥
Why have we qualified the word भ by saying that it must end in र् or व्? Observe प्रतिदीव्ना, प्रतिदीव्ने ॥ For here the stem which ends in व् is not-Bha, and the stem which is Bha does not end in व् but in न् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.