जुष्टार्पिते च छन्दसि

Operational rule vidhi

In the छन्दस , the words जुष्ट and अर्पित have optionally the acute on the first syllable.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Substitute / term जुष्ट- अर्पिते prathamā · dvivacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context छन्दसि saptamī · ekavacana

Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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").

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Full reading

जुष्ट-अर्पिते च छन्दसि

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Commentary

In the छन्दस , the words जुष्ट and अर्पित have optionally the acute on the first syllable.
Thus जु꣡ष्टः or जुष्टः꣡; अ꣡र्पितः or अर्पितः꣡ ॥ In the secular literature the accent is always on the last syllable 3.1.3.

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