4.3.145
गोश्च पुरीषे
Operational rule vidhi
The affix मयट् comes after the word गो in the sense of 'its dung'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context गोः pañcamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context पुरीषे saptamī · ekavacana
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- 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").
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Commentary
The affix मयट् comes after the word गो in the sense of 'its dung'.
Thus गोमयम् 'cow dung'. 'Dung' is neither a modification nor a part of cow.
Therefore this separate sutra for गो ॥ Why do we say meaning 'its dung'? Observe गव्यं = milk. The affix यत् here comes in the sense of product or part. 4.3.160, though strictly speaking 'milk' also is not an 'avayava' or a 'vikara' of गो ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.