Grammatical Sūtra: विभाषर्जोश्छन्दसि vibhāṣarjośchandasi
Individual Word Components: vibhāṣā ṛjoḥ chandasi
Sūtra with anuvṛtti words: vibhāṣā ṛjoḥ chandasi aṅgasya (6.4.1), asiddhavat (6.4.22), bhasya (6.4.129), iṣṭhemeyassu (6.4.154), raḥ (6.4.161), ṛtaḥ (6.4.161)
Type of Rule: vidhi
Preceding adhikāra rule:6.4.129 (1bhasya)
Description:
Before the affixes ((iṣṭha)), ((iman)) and ((īyas)), the ((ṛ)) of ((ṛju)) may optionally be changed to ((ra)) in the Chhandas. Source: Aṣṭādhyāyī 2.0
In the domain of Chándas [the substitute element ra 161] optionally (vibhāṣā) replaces [the short vowel r̥T 161 of the BHA stem 129] r̥jú- `straight, upright' [before 1.1.66 the affixes 3.1.1 iṣṭhaN, imáni̱C and īyasUN 154]. Source: From Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini In Roman Transliteration translated by Sumitra M. Katre, Copyright © 1987. Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.