हि च

Operational rule vidhi

The finite verb retains its accent in connection with हि when used in a friendly assertion.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Indeclinable हि avyayaIndeclinable च avyaya

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

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हि च

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Commentary

The finite verb retains its accent in connection with हि when used in a friendly assertion.
Thus स हि कुरु꣡, सहि प꣡च, सहि प꣡ठ ॥ Why do we say 'in friendly assertion'? Observe स हि कू॒ज वृषल । इदानीं ज्ञास्यसि जाल्म ॥

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