Cattle Field And Barley Note On Mahabhasya

Author(s): A Wezler
Publisher: A Wezler

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CATTLE, FIELD AND BARLEY
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To quote the example given in the Käsikā: gacchati māṇavako grāmam versus gamayati māṇavakam grāmam, the counter example being: pacaty odanam devadattaḥ versus pacayaty odanam devadattena.
In his 7th vārttika on this sutra Katyāyana states (I 337. 247): bhakṣer ahimsarthasya to which, however, the word pratiṣedhaḥ, mentioned in vartt. 5, has to be supplemented, as correctly noted by Nägeśa. Patanjali evidently regarded the anuvṛtti of this expression as a matter of course, not calling for any explanation; for he confines himself to simply paraphrasing the vartt. as (I 337. 25): bhakṣer ahimsarthasyeti vaktavyam. Nevertheless what he says has to be taken to mean: 'It must be explicitly taught that Pan. 1. 4. 52 does not apply to the agent of the verb bhakṣayati if the action denoted by it is that of ahimsā'; or to say it more simply, 'that this sutra of Panini's applies to the agent of this particular verb only if the action denoted is that of himsa'.
This is made clear also by what Patanjali regards as a proper illustration of this vārttika, viz. (I 337. 25 f.): bhakṣayati pindim devadattaḥ/ bhakṣayati pinḍīm devadattena]], 'Devadatta eats a ball [of rice, etc.]'. '[X] makes Devadatta eat a ball [of rice etc.] (i.e. gives Devadatta to eat entertains D. to...)'.
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Continuing his explanation of the vartt. Patanjali himself asks about the cause of the restriction regarding the meaning of bhakṣayati (I 337.26: ahimsarthasyeti kimartham), but only to answer this question with his usual brevity, namely by adducing a relevant counter example: bhakṣayanti yavān balīvardāḥ| bhakṣayanti balīvardan
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