आमन्त्रितस्य च

Operational rule vidhi

The first syllable of a Vocative gets the acute accent.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Target ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya

Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".

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Commentary

The first syllable of a Vocative gets the acute accent.
Thus दे꣡वदत्त !, दे꣡वदत्तौ !, दे꣡वदत्ताः ॥ This debars the final accent ordained by 6.2.148. Though the affix may be elided by a लुमान् word (लुक्, लुप् or श्लु), yet the effect of the affix remains behind in spite of 1.1.63. As स꣡र्पिरागच्छ ! स꣡प्ता गच्छत ! ॥

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