4.4.86
वशं गतः
Operational rule vidhi
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'gone' after the word वश 'control', being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Object वशम् dvitīyā · ekavacanaSubstitute / term गतः prathamā · ekavacana
- Object Dvitīyā (2nd case).
- 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
वशम् गतः
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Commentary
The affix यत् comes in the sense of 'gone' after the word वश 'control', being in the Accusative -2nd case in construction.
Thus वशंगतः = व꣡श्यः 'come under control' i. e. subdued i. e. a dependant or servant. वशः = काम इच्छा तां प्राप्तः i. e. परेच्छानुगामी ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.