3.1.121
युग्यं च पत्रे
Operational rule vidhi
The word युग्यम् is irregularly formed meaning 'a vehicle'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term युग्यम् prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context पत्रे saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- 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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Full reading
युग्यम् च पत्रे
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Commentary
The word युग्यम् is irregularly formed meaning 'a vehicle'.
The word पत्र means that by which a thing is carried. Thus युग्यो गौ 'the carrier bull or the yoked bull'. युग्यो हस्ती 'the harnessed elephant ready to carry'. युज् + क्यप् = युग्यम्. The ज is changed into ग. When not meaning a carrier or a carriage, it has the form योग्यं.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.