4.4.77
धुरो यड्ढकौ
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes यत् and ढक् comes in the sense of 'what bears it' after the word धुर in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context धुरः pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term य - औ prathamā · dvivacana
- 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
धुरः यत्-
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Commentary
The affixes यत् and ढक् comes in the sense of 'what bears it' after the word धुर in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Thus धुरं वहति = धुर्यः (formed by यत्) the lengthening ordained by 8.2.77 is prevented by 7.2.79 because धुर is Bha-stem, or धौरेयः (formed by डक् 7.1.2) 'a beast of burden'. This sutra might have stood as धुरो ढक् च, for यत् would have been read into it from 4.4.75.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.