अञ्चेश्छन्दस्यसर्वनामस्थानम्

Operational rule vidhi

In the छन्दस् , the case-endings other than the सर्वनामस्थान , get the acute accent when coming after अञ्चि.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context अञ्चेः pañcamī · ekavacanaRight context छन्दसि saptamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term असर्वनामस्थानम् prathamā · 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").
Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.

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Full reading

अञ्चेः छन्दसि असर्वनामस्थानम्

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Commentary

In the छन्दस् , the case-endings other than the सर्वनामस्थान , get the acute accent when coming after अञ्चि।
In the Vedas, a stem ending in the word अञ्च्, has the acute not only on the affixes previously mentioned, but on the accusative plural affix also. Thus इन्द्रा द॒धीची꣡ अस्थभिः (Rig I.84.13). Here the word दधीच् had accent on धी by 6.1.222, but by the present sutra, the accent falls on the case-affix अस् ॥ Though the anuvritti of "Instrumentals and the rest" was understood here, the word asarvanamasthana has been used here to include the ending शस् also. As प्रतीचा꣡ बाहून् प्रतिभङ्व्येषाम् ॥

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