4.4.116
अग्राद्यत्
Operational rule vidhi
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'what stays there' after the word अग्र , in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context अग्रात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term य prathamā · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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Full reading
अग्रात् यत्
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Commentary
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'what stays there' after the word अग्र , in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Thus अग्रे भवं = अ꣡ग्र्यम् ॥ Why this separate rule for यत् would have come after अग्र by the general rule 4.4.110 ? The repetition is to show that यत् is not debarred by घ and छ of the next sutra, which would have been the case, had this sutra not existed.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.