उपर्यध्यधसः सामीप्ये

Adhyāya 8 · Pāda 1 · Rule 7

1. upari 2. adhi and 3. adhas are repeated when it expresses uninterrupted nearness.,

The word samipya means 'proximity' whether in time or space. As उपर्युपरि दुःखम्, or उपर्युपरि ग्रामम्, अध्यधि ग्रामम्, अधोधो नगरम् ॥ Why do we say 'meaning near'? Observe उपरि चन्द्रमा: ॥ Why the word is not repeated here : उपरि शिरसो घटं धारयति ॥ The relation expressed here is not that of nearness, but that of above and below.

उपर्युपरि पश्यन्तः सर्व एव दरिद्रति ।
अधोधो दर्शने कस्य महिमा नोपजायते ॥

Here the doubling is in the sense of vipsa.,

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