4.1.167
यूनश्च कुत्सायाम्
Definition saṃjñā युवसंज्ञा
The युवन् is optionally spoken of as गोत्र when contemptuous reference to him is intended.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Of यूनः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaIn / when कुत्सायाम् saptamī · ekavacana
- Of Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): "of X". In this kind of sūtra it marks a relation, not a substitution.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- In / when Saptamī (7th case): "in X" or "when X", a domain or condition.
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Full reading
यूनः च कुत्सायाम्
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Commentary
The युवन् is optionally spoken of as गोत्र when contemptuous reference to him is intended.
Thus गार्ग्यो जाल्मः or गार्ग्यायणो जाल्मः ॥ When contempt is not intended, the only form is गार्ग्यायणः ॥ This is also a Vartika and not a sutra.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.