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Compounding is optional when meaning "and", and such compounds are called /dvandva.

plakSAzokau प्लक्षाशोकौ "the Plaksha and the Ashoka" (two kinds of trees)
**mAtApitarau मातापितरौ "parents"
sukha;duHkhe सुखॱदुःखे "pleasure and pain"

This compounding is fully optional:

plakSo 'zokaz ca प्लक्षो ऽशोकश्च
mAtA pitA ca माता पिता च
sukhan duHkhaJ ca सुखं दुःखं च

See semicolons in dvandva.