8.3.52
पातौ च बहुलम्
Operational rule vidhi
स् may diversely be substituted for the विसर्ग of the Ablative -5th case before the verb पातु in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context पातौ saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaSubstitute / term बहुलम् prathamā · ekavacana
- 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".
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
पातौ च बहुलम्
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Commentary
स् may diversely be substituted for the विसर्ग of the Ablative -5th case before the verb पातु in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Thus दिवस्पातु, राज्ञस्पातु ॥ Sometimes, the change does not take place, as परिषदः पातु ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.