Sutra 36

Devanagari script

स चैषां पापिष्ठतमो भवति ॥ कZ_०७.११.३६ ॥

Transliteration

sa caiṣāṃ pāpiṣṭhatamo bhavati

Translation

And he becomes the most blameworthy (the worst) among them.

Word by Word

• सः: he; that person
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्

• एषाम्: of these (persons/things)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; (त्रिलिङ्ग); षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्

• पापिष्ठतमः: the most wicked; the worst (among them)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (पापिन्/पापीयस्-श्रेयस्-आदि तुलनात्मक-प्रत्यय-परम्परा)
• Form: विशेषणम्; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; अतिशय-तुलनात्मकः (superlative): पाप + इष्ठ + तम (अत्यन्त-उत्कर्षे)

• भवति: becomes; is
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुषः; एकवचनम्

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Who is ‘the most blameworthy’ in context?

The ruler whose governance failures (fatalism, inaction or doomed initiatives, lack of focus) most directly produce decline and public harm.