अर्धमात्रा-लाघवं पुत्रोत्सवं मन्यन्ते वैयाकरणाः ।
ardha-mātrā-lāghavena putrotsavaṁ manyante vaiyākaraṇāḥ |
(Paribhāṣendu-śekhara)
“Vaiyākaraṇas (grammarians) consider concision of [even] half a mātrā (metrical unit) to be like the festival for a [new-born] son [i.e., an occasion for great celebration; not a single phoneme in Pāṇini’s grammar is superfluous.].”