6.2.66
युक्ते च
Operational rule vidhi
The first member of a compound has acute on the first syllable when the second member denotes that by whom the things denoted by the first are regulated or kept in order.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context युक्ते saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
युक्ते च
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Commentary
The first member of a compound has acute on the first syllable when the second member denotes that by whom the things denoted by the first are regulated or kept in order.
The word युक्त means 'he who is prompt in the discharge of his appointed duty' i.e. the person appointed to look after. Thus गोबल्लवः 'a cowherd looking after cow': अ꣡श्वबल्लवः, गो꣡मणिन्दः, अ꣡श्वमणिन्दः, गो꣡संख्यः, अ꣡श्वसंख्यः ॥ All these word बल्लवः, मणिन्दः, संख्यः &c mean पालकः the protector &c.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.