8.2.99
प्रतिश्रवणे च
Operational rule vidhi
The end syllable of the sentence which expresses assent or promise or listening to, is प्लुत.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context प्रतिश्रवणे saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
प्रतिश्रवणे च
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Commentary
The end syllable of the sentence which expresses assent or promise or listening to, is प्लुत।
The word प्रतिश्रवण means "agreement, assent or promise": It also means "listening to". All these senses are to be taken here, as there is nothing in the sutra to restrict its scope. Thus it has three senses, 1. to promise something to a petitioner, 2. to acknowledge the truth of some proposition, 3. to listen to another's words. Thus गां मे देहि भोः, 1. हन्त ते ददामि꣡ ३ ॥ 2. नित्यः शब्दो भवितुमर्हति꣡ ३ ॥ 3. देवदत्त भोः, किमात्या꣡ ३ ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.