Verse 3.14.432

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.432:

इवार्थे यच्च वचनं पूर्वसूत्रे च यो विधिः ।
क्रियाशब्दश्रुतौ भेदो न कश्चित् विद्यते तयोः ॥ ४३२ ॥

ivārthe yacca vacanaṃ pūrvasūtre ca yo vidhiḥ |
kriyāśabdaśrutau bhedo na kaścit vidyate tayoḥ || 432 ||

432. Even if the formation of the compound is not possible, this (the use of the word sāmānyāprayoge) is still a clue just as the use of the ‘acveḥ’ (in P. 3.1.12) is a clue, even in the absence of ‘cvi’ after the words belonging to the bhṛśādi group.

Commentary

[The two words have no syntactic connection, not only because one of them is linked with a word which would not enter into the compound, but also because they do not refer to the same object. The main constituent can form a compound with the other even if it is connected with a word which would not enter into the compound. The secondary constituent in not in that position. It cannot form part of a compound if it is connected with an outside word. The use of the word sāmānyāprayoge in P. 2.1.56 is an indication (jñāpaka) that the main constituent, even if connected with a word outside the compound, can form a compound with the secondary constituent. It is like the word ‘acveḥ’ in P. 3.1.12. which is a clue that the suffix kyaṅ, added to a word in bhṛśādi group, expresses the same meaning as ‘cvi’, namely the idea of something becoming what it was not before (abhūtatadbhāva) and so it cannot be added to a word ending in cvi. On the points mentioned in the stanzas 359-432, see Dr. S. D. Joshi and Dr. J. A. F. Roodbergen op. cit. pp. 87-136.]

Compounds are not the only complex formations (vṛtti) which can involve comparison. The vṛtti called taddhita can also involve comparison. Something is now going to be said about it.