4.3.68
क्रतुयज्ञेभ्यश्च
Operational rule vidhi
The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of 'occurring' and 'a commentary' after the name of a work to be explained provided that such work relates to a क्रतु or a यज्ञ.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context क्रतु- यज्ञेभ्यः pañcamī · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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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Commentary
The affix ठञ् comes in the sense of 'occurring' and 'a commentary' after the name of a work to be explained provided that such work relates to a क्रतु or a यज्ञ।
This debars अण् ॥ Kratu :- अग्निष्टोमिकः 'a commentary on a work on Aginshtoma sacrifices? वाजपेयिकः, राजसूयिकः ॥ yajna:- पाकयज्ञिकः, नावयज्ञिकः ॥
This sutra refers to words which are not antodatta. The words 'vajapeya' and 'rajasuya' are acute in the middle.
The words क्रतु and यज्ञ mean generally the same thing i.e. 'a sacrifice', but the separate mention of यज्ञ implies that the rule applies to yajnas other than Soma-yajnas because the word 'kratu' is technically applied to Soma-, sacrifices only. Thus पाञ्चौदनिकः, दाशौदनिकः ॥
The sutra is in the plural to prevent the application of the affix to the word-forms 'kratu' and 'yajna' 1.1.68.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.