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kecid bhagnāḥ sudhy-upāsya-prayoge
kecid bhagnā rāma-śabda-prayoge |
kecid bhagnās tad-dhita-prakriyāyāṁ
sarve bhagnāḥ kāraka-prakriyāyām ||
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“Some are defeated in the section on eliding [i.e., sandhi, as in the case of the eliding of the words sudhī and upāsya to form the compound sudhyupāsya]. Some are defeated in the section on declension [i.e., wherein the word rāma is typically the first word practiced]. Some are defeated in the section on irregular affixes [i.e., the forming of nouns from other nouns, as in the case of forming the word taddhita from tat and hita]. All are defeated in the section on syntax [i.e., kārakas].”

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prayoga-śaraṇaṁ vyākaraṇam |
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“Usage is the basis of vyākaraṇa.”

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śabdāḥ anuśiṣyante apaśabdebhyaḥ vivicya bodhyante anena iti śabdānuśāsanam |
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“That by which śabdas [i.e., words] are taught, that is, by which they are distinguished from improper śabdas and understood, is [called] śabdānuśāsanam [lit. ‘teaching regarding śabdas’].”

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vyākrīyante apaśabdebhyaḥ sādhu-śabdāḥ pṛthak krīyante anena iti vyākaraṇam |
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“That by which separation is made, that is, that by which proper śabdas [i.e., words] are made separate from [alt., distinguished from] improper śabdas, is vyākaraṇa.”

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viśeṣyasya hi yal-liṅgaṁ vibhakti-vacane ca ye |
tāni sarvāṇi yojyāni viśeṣaṇa-padeṣv api ||
(Vaiyākaraṇa-sampradāyaḥ; cited in a footnote to Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 304)

“The gender (liṅga), along with the case (vibhakti) and number (vacana), of the qualificand (viśeṣya)—all of these are to be applied to modifier words (viśeṣaṇa-padas) as well.”

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