Shloka 9
Devanagari script
असत्पापिष्ठसचिवो वध्यो लोकस्य धर्महा । सहैव परिवारेण क्षिप्रमेवावसीदति
Transliteration
asatpāpiṣṭhasacivo vadhyo lokasya dharmahā | sahaiva parivāreṇa kṣipramevāvāsīdati ||
Translation
若有人所倚之谋臣皆为邪恶至极、罪孽深重之辈——此人当受惩罚，且败坏民众之法（dharma）——他必与其全部随从一同迅速沉沦覆灭。
Word by Word
असत्wicked, bad
असत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअसत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पापिष्ठ-सचिवःone whose minister is most sinful / a man with a very wicked adviser
पापिष्ठ-सचिवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपापिष्ठ + सचिव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वध्यःfit to be slain, deserving death
वध्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवध्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लोकस्यof the people/world
लोकस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
धर्महाdestroyer of dharma
धर्महा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्महन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहtogether with
सह:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
परिवारेणwith (his) retinue/family
परिवारेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपरिवार
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
क्षिप्रम्quickly
क्षिप्रम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्षिप्र
एवindeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अवसीदतिperishes, sinks down, comes to ruin
अवसीदति:
TypeVerb
Rootअव + सद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
Speaker
वामदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वामदेव (Vāmadeva)ल
लोक (the people/world)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Rulership collapses when guided by wicked counsellors and when it harms public dharma; ethical governance and righteous advice are essential, otherwise downfall comes swiftly and spreads to one’s whole circle.
Vāmadeva is instructing on rājadharma (the duties of rulers), warning that a leader who keeps sinful advisers and undermines the people’s moral order becomes punishable and rapidly meets ruin along with his entourage.