खलगोरथात्

Operational rule vidhi

The words खल, गो and रथ get the प्रत्यय 'य' to indicate the meaning of 'तस्य समूहः'.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context खल- गो- रथात् pañcamī · ekavacana

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.

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Full reading

खल-गो-रथात्

Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.

Commentary

The affix य comes in the sense of 'collection thereof' after the words 1. खल 2 गो and 3. रथ।
Thus खल्या, गव्या and रथ्या ॥ These three words have not been included in the पाशादि class, in order that rule 4.2.51 should apply to them.

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