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Verse: 1    atʰa sam̐hitāyāmekaprāṇabʰāve //
   The following rules apply in combined text(saṃhitā), within the compass of a single breath.

Verse: 2    yatʰāyuktādvidʰiḥ sā prakr̥tiḥ //
   Separation from the text as combined --- that is the fundamental text.

Verse: 3    tatra pūrvaṃpūrvaṃ pratʰamam //
   And here, that which comes first is first taken.

Verse: 4    trapumitʰupūrvaḥ śakaraścaparaḥ //
   After trapu and mithu is inserted a ś before c.

Verse: 5    supūrvaśca candraparaḥ //
   As also after su, before candra.

Verse: 6    saṃpūrvaḥ sakāraḥ kuruparaḥ //
   After sam is inserted s before kuru.

Verse: 7    akurva ca pratyayātparaḥ //
   And before akurva, after the augment.

Verse: 8    nīcāpūrvo dakāra uccāparaḥ //
   After nīcā is inserted d before uccā.

Verse: 9    asaṃpūrvo 'ramr̥kāraḥ //
   After asam, r̥ becomes ar.

Verse: 10    avagraha āśīrdʰūḥsuvariti repʰaṃ paraḥ sakāraḥ ṣakāram //
   Of āśīḥ, dhūḥ, and suvaḥ, when first members of a compuond, the visarjanīya becomes r, and a follwing s becomes ṣ.

Verse: 11    atʰa lopaḥ //
   Now for cases of omission.

Verse: 12    īṃpūrvo makāraḥ //
   A m is dropped, when preceded by īm.

Verse: 13    tunupūrva udāttayorvakāraḥ //
   A v is dropped when preceded by tu or nu, in case these are accented.

Verse: 14    utpūrvaḥ sakāro vyañjanaparaḥ //
   A s is dropped after ut, when a consonant follows.

Verse: 15    eṣasasya iti ca //
   Also eṣaḥ, saḥ, and syaḥ.

Verse: 16    nāsaḥ //
   But not asaḥ.

Verse: 17    idvidagnaimāṃnaenauṣadʰīḥparaḥ saḥ //
   And saḥ, when followed by id u, id agne, imāṃ naḥ, enā, oṣadhīḥ.

Verse: 18    avagraha ityekam //
   Also ity ekam, when ekam is the former member of a compound.

Verse: 19    tiṣṭhantyekayā sapūrvaḥ //
   Also tiṣṭhanty ekayā, along with the preceding letter.

Verse: 20    na kāraḥ śakāraṃ caparaḥ //
   A n, when followed by c, becomes ś.

Verse: 21    nāyannairayannārdʰnuvannanaḍvāngʰr̥ṇīvānvāruṇānevāsmin //
   But not the n of āyan, airayan, ārdhnuvan, anaḍvān, ghr̥ṇīvān, vāruṇān, and evāsmin.

Verse: 22    takāraścakāram̐ śacacʰaparaḥ //
   A t, when followed by ś, c, or ch, becmes c.

Verse: 23    japaro jakāram //
   When followed by j, it becomes j.

Verse: 24    nakāra eteṣu ñakāram //
   A n, before the same letters, becomes ñ

Verse: 25    laparau lakāram //
   Both t and n, when followed by l, become l.

Verse: 26    nakāro 'nunāsikam //
   The n becomes nasalized l.

Verse: 27    makāra sparśaparastasya sastʰānamanunāsikam //
   A m, when followed by a mute, becomes the nasal of like position with it.

Verse: 28    antastʰāparaśca savarṇamanunāsikam //
   Followed by a semivowel, it becomes a nasal of like quality with it.

Verse: 29    na repʰaparaḥ //
   But not when followed by r.

Verse: 30    yavakāraparaścaikeṣāmācāryāṇām //
   Nor, according to some teachers, when followed by y or v.

Verse: 31    uttamalabʰāvātpūrvo 'nunāsika ityātreyaḥ //
   ātreya holds that, when a nasal mute becomes l, the previous vowel is nasalized.

Verse: 32    ṅapūrvaḥ kakāraḥ saṣakāraparaḥ //
   After ṅ is inserted a k before s and ṣ.

Verse: 33    ṭanakārapūrvaśca takāraḥ //
   After ṭ or n is inserted a t.

Verse: 34    sparśapūrvaḥ śakāraścʰakāram //
   A ś preceded by a mute becomes ch.

Verse: 35    na makārapūrvaḥ //
   But not when preceded by m.

Verse: 36    pakārapūrvaśca vālmīkeḥ //
   Nor, according to vālmīki, when preceded by p.

Verse: 37    vyañjanaparaḥ pauṣkarasāderna pūrvaśca ñakāram //
   Nor, according to pauṣkarasādi, when followed by a consonant; and a preceding n, in that case, does not become ñ.

Verse: 38    pratʰamapūrvo hakāraścaturtʰaṃ tasya sastʰānaṃ plākṣikauṇḍinyagautamapauṣkarasādīnām //
   According to plākṣi, kauṇḍinya, gautama, and pauṣkarasādi, a h preceded by a first mute becomes a fourth mute corresponding with the latter.

Verse: 39    avikr̥ta ekeṣām //
   According to some authorities, it remains unchanged.

Verse: 40    caturtʰo 'ntare śaityāyanādīnām //
   According to śaityāyana and others, a fourth mute is interposed.

Verse: 41    mīmām̐sakānāṃ ca mīmām̐sakānāṃ ca //
   As also, according to the mīmām̐sakas.

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