सन्महत्परमोत्तमोत्कृष्टाः पूज्यमानैः

Operational rule vidhi

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term - महत्- परम- - उत्कृष्टाः prathamā · bahuvacanaWith / by पूज्यमानैः tṛtīyā · ekavacana

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
With / by Tṛtīyā (3rd case): accompaniment or means.

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Full reading

-महत्-परम- -उत्कृष्टाः पूज्यमानैः

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

Commentary

The words सत् 'good, महत् 'great', परम 'highest', उत्तम 'best' and उत्कृष्ट 'excellent' are compounded with the words denoting the person deserving the respect and the resulting compound is तत्-पुरुष ।
As सत्पुरुषः 'a good person,' महापुरुषः 'a great man;' परमपुरुषः 'the highest person;' उत्तमपुरुषः 'the best person ;' उत्कृष्टपुरुषः 'the excellent person.'

Why do we say 'with words denoting the person deserving of respect ?' Observe उत्कृष्टः गौः कर्दमात् 'the ox was pulled out of the mud'.

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