न दृशः

Operational rule vidhi

For the verb root दृश्, च्लि is not converted to क्स.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Indeclinable न avyayaLeft context दृशः pañcamī · ekavacana

Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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

न दृशः

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Commentary

क्स is not the substitute of च्लि after the verb दृश् 'to see'.
This is an exception to the sutra (III.1.45.) enjoining क्स. The root दृश् will form its Aorists by (III.I.57.) and will take अङ् and सिच्; as अदर्शत् or अद्राक्षीत् 'he saw'.

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