आक्वेस्तच्छीलतद्धर्मतत्साधुकारिषु

Heading adhikāra ताच्छील्याधिकारः

From this sūtra as far as क्विप् in sūtra (3.4.177) (inclusive), the affixes that we shall treat of, are to be understood in the sense of agents having such a habit or nature or having skill in such and such action.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Indeclinable आ avyayaFrom / after क्वे pañcamī · ekavacanaIn / when तच्छील- तद्धर्म- तत्साधुकारिषु saptamī · bahuvacana

Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
From / after Pañcamī (5th case): "from X" or "after X"; in headings, often the limit of their scope.
In / when Saptamī (7th case): "in X" or "when X", a domain or condition.

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Full reading

आ क्वे तच्छील-तद्धर्म-तत्साधुकारिषु

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

Commentary

From this sūtra as far as क्विप् in sūtra 3.4.177 (inclusive), the affixes that we shall treat of, are to be understood in the sense of agents having such a habit or nature or having skill in such and such action.
The force of आ in this sutra is limit inclusive, and includes क्विप् also. The term तच्छील means 'the natural inclination towards an action not prompted by a contemplation of its fruit or result'. The term तद्धर्म means 'who enters upon an action not from habit but thinking that it is his duty'. The term तत्साधुकारि means 'who does the action expressed by the verb in an excellent way'. Illustrations of these will be given under the subsequent aphorisms.

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