Sutra 20

Devanagari script

विपरीता श्रेणीमनुष्या कोपे महादोषा ॥ कZ_०७.११.२० ॥

Transliteration

viparītā śreṇī-manuṣyā kope mahā-doṣā

Translation

หากประชากรแบบกิลด์กลับเป็นศัตรู ความโกรธของพวกเขาก่อให้เกิดอันตรายร้ายแรง

Word by Word

• विपरीताः: hostile; turned against (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-परि-इ (विपर्यय/विपरीत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गे (श्रेणीमनुष्याः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• श्रेणी-मनुष्याः: men belonging to a guild; guildsmen
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: श्रेणी + मनुष्य
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्

• कोपे: in (a state of) anger; when angered
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुप् (कोप-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम् (अधिकरणे)

• महादोषाः: great evils; serious dangers
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: महा + दोष
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम् (विपरीताः श्रेणीमनुष्याः इत्यस्य विधेय/फल-निर्देशः)

Entities Mentioned

• guilds (śreṇī)

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FAQs

What modern governance risk is analogous to ‘guild anger’?

Coordinated collective action by organized economic actors—strikes, supply blockades, cartel pricing, or political destabilization.

What policy response is suggested indirectly?

Prevent guild consolidation into a single oppositional front through regulation, incentives, and calibrated coercion.