Praudhamanorama 60_389

60_389

He states the case ending conditioned by an accompanying word (upapadavibhakti) [in the passage] beginning with: "of ubha and sarvatas". The affix tasi after ubha and sarva [gives] ubhatas and sarvatas; the meaning is that the second case ending must be employed in connection with what ends in those [affixes].
Here the older grammarians say: By the word ubha, the word ubhaya is indirectly indicated, because otherwise the affix tasi would be impossible.
In truth, however, even if the affix ayac applies in the domain of a complex formation (vṛtti), that which ends in tasi enjoined after the word ubha does indeed exist; therefore, [the text] as read is correct.
The older grammarians say that the mention of dhik is without a case ending, just as in the statement "he said gauḥ" (gav ity ayam āha). That is incorrect; if that were so, because it does not end a word (apadānta), there would be the undesirable consequence that jaśtva (substitution of an unaspirated voiced stop) would also not apply in the exemplified instance, just as [the rule] "The elision [according to the opinion] of Śākalya" (lopaḥ śākalyasya) [does not apply] in the example. Nor should it be mistakenly thought that this [word] ends solely in the letter g, because that would lead to the inconsistency of the example dhak in the rule "And d is the substitute of k" (kasya ca daḥ). Therefore, dhik certainly ends in a case ending. The elision (luk) of the sup affix occurs by the extension: "an imitation is treated like the original (prakṛtivadanukaraṇam)".