कपि पूर्वम्

Adhyāya 6 · Pāda 2 · Rule 173

In a bahuvrīhi samāsa formed by the negative particle nañ or by su and ending in the affix kap -- nadyṛtaśca [[5.4.153]], has acute accent (udātta) on the syllable preceding the affix.,

By the last sutra the accent would have fallen on कप्, this makes it fall on the vowel preceding it. Thus अकुमारीको꣡देशः, अवृषली꣡कः, अब्रह्मबन्धू꣡कः, सुकुमा꣡रीकः, सुवृष꣡लीकः, सुब्रह्मबन्धू꣡कः ॥,

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