After a word in the Nominative 1st-Case in construction, an affix comes in the sense of 'this is his mother-land'.,
The difference between निवासः and अभिजनः is this. Where a person lives himself for the present, that is his निवास or dwelling-place. Where his ancestors (अभिजनाः) have lived, that is his अभिजन 'native country, home or ancestral abode'. Thus स्रौघ्नः 'a person whose ancestral home is in Srughna'. माथुरः, राष्ट्रियः ॥ The separation of this sutra from the last is for the sake of the subsequent sutra, in which the anuvritti of abhijana' only runs.,