8.1.58
चादिषु च
Operational rule vidhi
A finite verb, not preceded by a गति , retains its accent before the particles च (1. वा 2. ह 3. अह and 4. एव -- न चवाहाहैवयुक्ते (8.1.24)).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context चादिषु saptamī · bahuvacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- 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").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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चादिषु च
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Commentary
A finite verb, not preceded by a गति , retains its accent before the particles च (1. वा 2. ह 3. अह and 4. एव -- न चवाहाहैवयुक्ते 8.1.24).
The चादि words are those mentioned in sutra 8.1.24. Thus देवदत्त प꣡चति च खा꣡दति च, देवदत्तः प꣡चति वा खा꣡दति वा, देववत्त प꣡चति ह खा꣡दति ह, देवदत्तः प꣡चति अह खा꣡दत्यह, and देवदत्तः प꣡चत्येव खा꣡दत्येव ॥
But when preceded by a gati, we have देवदत्तः प्र प꣡चति च प्र खा॒द॒ति॒ च ॥ Here the first verb retains its accent by virtue of the next sutra, but the second verb loses its accent.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.