गोः पादान्ते

Operational rule vidhi

After गो when standing at the end of a ऋक् verse, the augment न् comes before the Genitive 6th-Case plural आम् .

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context गोः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context पादान्ते 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.
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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गोः पादान्ते

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Commentary

After गो when standing at the end of a ऋक् verse, the augment न् comes before the Genitive 6th-Case plural आम् ।
As विद्माहि त्वा सत्पतिं शूरगोनाम्; but गवां गोत्रमुदसृजो यदङ्गिरः in the beginning of a Pada. "All rules have exceptions in the Vedas" is an established maxim, so at the end of a Pada, sometimes this rule does not apply, as हन्तारं शत्रूणां कृधि विराजं गोपतिं गवाम् ॥

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