And also the words prathama 'first', carama 'last', words with the affix taya -- saṃkhyāyā avayave tayap [[5.2.42]], alpa 'few', ardha 'half', katipaya 'some' and nema 'half' are optionally sarvanāma , before the Nominative Plural termination.\n,
Thus we have प्रथमे or प्रथमाः, चरमे or चरमाः, अल्पे or अल्पाः, अर्द्धे or अर्द्धाः, कतिपये or कतिपयाः, नेमे or नेमाः, द्वितये or द्वितयाः ॥
The words \optionally when the affix जस् follow\ are understood in this sutra. The governing force of the word \dvandva\ does not extend to this, and stops at this. By the word तय in the aphorism, is meant words ending in the affix तय. The rest are pratipadikas or crude bases. The word नेम has already been enumerated among the pronominals, therefore, the option in its case, is what is called prapta-vibhasa, the result of which will be that though in the nom. pl. it may be declined like नर, the rest of its declension is like sarva, while in the case of prathama &c. the nom. pl. may be like sarva, but the rest of their declension must be like that of nara. The word ubhaya, has been formed by the addition of the affix तय, and it is already enumerated in the list of pronominals, therefore, by the present sutra its nom. pl. admits of two forms.
The application of the affix kan or akach must depend upon the nature of these words, if pronominals, then akach, otherwise kan.,