गोतन्तियवं पाले

Operational rule vidhi

The words 1. गो 2. तन्ति and 3. यव get the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable when followed by पाल.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term गो- तन्ति- यवम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context पाले saptamī · ekavacana

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
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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गो-तन्ति-यवम् पाले

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Commentary

The words 1. गो 2. तन्ति and 3. यव get the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable when followed by पाल।
Thus गो꣡पालः, त꣡न्तिपालः, य꣡वपालः ॥ The word तन्ति is the rope with which calves are tied. (तनु विस्तारे + क्तिच्). This applies to words not denoting a functionary, which would be governed by 6.2.75. Why do we say गो &c? Observe वत्सपालः꣡ ॥ Why do we say 'followed by पाल'? Observe गोरक्षः꣡ ॥

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