यावद्यथाभ्याम्

Operational rule vidhi

The finite verb retains its accent in connection with यावत् and यथा.

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With / by यावद्यथाभ्याम् tṛtīyā · dvivacana

With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.

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यावद्यथाभ्याम्

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Commentary

The finite verb retains its accent in connection with यावत् and यथा।
Thus यावद् भुङ्क्ते꣡, यथा भुङ्क्ते꣡ यावदधीते꣡ यथाधीते꣡, देवदत्तः प꣡चति यावत्, देवदत्तः प꣡चति यथा ॥ The meaning is that the verb retains its accent, even when यावत् and यथा follow after it. Another example is यथा चित् कण्वमावतम् ॥ The word आवतम् is the Imperative (लोट्) Second Person Dual of the root अव् ॥ यावत् स्तोतृभ्योऽरदोगृणानाः ॥ The verb अरदः is Imperfect (लङ्) Second Person singular of the root रद् 'to scratch'. The accent, is on अ (the augment).

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.