Text
sarūpāṇām eka-śeṣa eka-vibhaktau,
uktārthānām aprayoga iti
Synonyms
sa-rūpāṇām—of words of the same form; eka-sesah—only the last; eka-vibhaktau—in the same case; ukta-arthānām—of the previously spoken meanings; aprayogaḥ—nonapplication; iti—thus. ¶
Translation
“ ‘Of words having the same form and case termination, the last one is the only one retained.' ¶
Purport
This is a quotation from Pāṇini’s sūtras (1.2.64). ¶