2.3.63
यजेश्च करणे
Operational rule vidhi
The 6th-Case-affix is diversely used in the छन्दस् in denoting the instrument of the verb यज् 'to sacrifice'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Target यजेः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context saptamī · ekavacana
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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यजेः च
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Commentary
The 6th-Case-affix is diversely used in the छन्दस् in denoting the instrument of the verb यज् 'to sacrifice'.
Ex. घृतस्य or घृतेन यजते 'he sacrifices with butter.' सोमस्य or सोमेन यजते ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.