5.2.59
मतौ छः सूक्तसाम्नोः
Operational rule vidhi
When a सूक्त or साम्न् is to be expressed, the affix छ (ईय) comes after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) in the sense of the affix मतुप् -- तदस्यास्त्यस्मिन्निति मतुप् (5.2.94).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context मतौ saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term छः prathamā · ekavacanaRight context सूक्त- साम्नोः saptamī · dvivacana
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
- 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
मतौ छः सूक्त-
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Commentary
When a सूक्त or साम्न् is to be expressed, the affix छ (ईय) comes after a प्रातिपदिक (Nominal Stem) in the sense of the affix मतुप् -- तदस्यास्त्यस्मिन्निति मतुप् 5.2.94.
The word मतौ means 'in the sense of मतुप् affix'. The sense of मतुप् is "whose is it or in whom it is". Thus अच्छावाक् शब्दोऽस्मिन् = अच्छावाकीयम् सूक्तम् ॥ मित्रावरुणीयम्, यज्ञायज्ञीयम् साम, वारवन्तीयम् साम ॥
The affix comes after a collocation of words, as अस्यवामीयं 'the Sukta containing the words अस्य वाम' e.g. Rig Veda Mandala l. sukta 164. Here the words अस्य वामस्य are considered as a Nominal Stem. So also कयापुमीयम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.