Sutra 65
Devanagari script
व्यसनं दोषबाहुल्यादत्यन्तमुभयं मतम् ॥ कZ_०८.३.६५च्द् ॥
Transliteration
vyasanaṃ doṣabāhulyād atyantam ubhayaṃ matam
Translation
বহু দোষে পরিপূর্ণ হওয়ায়, উভয় দিক থেকেই ব্যসনকে চরম বলে গণ্য করা হয়।
Word by Word
व्यसनम्calamity; misfortune; ruinous vice
व्यसनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootव्यस् (धातु) / व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (सन्दर्भे—प्रथमा); भाववाचक-संज्ञा
दोष-बाहुल्यात्because of an abundance/preponderance of faults
दोष-बाहुल्यात्:
TypeNoun
Rootदोष + बाहुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (because of)
अत्यन्तम्excessively; entirely; to an extreme degree
अत्यन्तम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण/विशेषणार्थे (entirely, exceedingly)
उभयम्both (together); both kinds
उभयम्:
TypePronoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootउभय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (सन्दर्भे—प्रथमा); ‘both’
मतम्is considered; is held to be
मतम्:
TypeParticiple (used as predicate adjective)
Rootमन् (धातु) → मत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (ppp) ‘considered/held (to be)’
FAQs
That vices intensify harm across multiple dimensions at once—personal capacity and public order—because many defects cluster and reinforce each other.