यश्च यङः

Operational rule vidhi

The affix वरच् in the sense of 'agent having such a habit etc.' comes after the verb या when it ends with the affix यङ्.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context यः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaLeft context यङः pañcamī · ekavacana

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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Full reading

यः च यङः

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Commentary

The affix वरच् in the sense of 'agent having such a habit etc.' comes after the verb या when it ends with the affix यङ्।
With the affix यङ्, the intensives of verbs are formed; as यायावरः 'a vagrant, an ascetic'. See sutra 1.1.58.

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.