क्वचित्प्रवृत्तिः क्वचिदप्रवृत्तिः
क्वचिद्विभाषा क्वचिदन्यदेव ।
विधेर्विधानं बहुधा समीक्ष्य
चतुर्विधं बाहुलकं वदन्ति ॥
kvacit pravṛttiḥ kvacid apravṛttiḥ
kvacid vibhāṣā kvacid anyad eva |
vidher vidhānaṁ bahudhā samīkṣya
caturvidhaṁ bāhulakaṁ vadanti ||
(Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 195)
“Sometimes application, sometimes non-application, sometimes optionality, and sometimes only something else—[in this way] observing various implimentations of a rule, the previous authorities say bāhulaka (bahula) is of four types.”