2.3.41
यतश्च निर्धारणम्
Operational rule vidhi
The 6th and the 7th case-affixes are used after those words from which specification is made, (as of an individual from the whole class).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Indeclinable यतः avyayaIndeclinable च avyayaSubstitute / term निर्धारणम् prathamā · ekavacana
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Full reading
यतः च निर्धारणम्
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The 6th and the 7th case-affixes are used after those words from which specification is made, (as of an individual from the whole class).
Ex. गवां गोषु वा कृष्णा बहुक्षीराः 'among cows the black one gives much milk,' मनुष्याणां or मनुष्येषु क्षत्रियः शूरतमः.
A nirdharana or specification is made by separating one from the many by reason of its genus, quality and action 2.2.10.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.