8.1.48
किम्वृत्तं च चिदुत्तरम्
Operational rule vidhi
Also after a form of किम् when the particle चित् follows it and when no other word precedes such form of किम् the finite verb retains its accent.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term किम्वृत्तम् prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaSubstitute / term चिदुत्तरम् prathamā · 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".
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Full reading
किम्वृत्तम् च चिदुत्तरम्
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Commentary
Also after a form of किम् when the particle चित् follows it and when no other word precedes such form of किम् the finite verb retains its accent.
The word किम्वृत्तं is a Genitive Tatpurusha meaning किमोवृत्तं ॥ The word किम्वृत्तं means any form of किम् with its case-affixes, as well as the forms of किम् when it takes the affixes डतर and डतम ॥ Thus कश्चिद् भुङ्क्ते꣡, कश्चिद् भोज꣡यति, कश्चिद् अधीते, केनचित् करो꣡ति, कस्मैचिद् द꣡दाति, कतरश्चित् करो꣡ति, कतमश्चिद् भुङ्क्ते꣡ ॥
Why do we say 'followed by चित्'? Observe को भुङ्क्ते ॥
The word अपूर्वं of the last sutra qualifies this also; therefore, the verb loses its accent here:- देवदत्तः किंचित् प॒ठ॒ति॒ ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.