महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-77, verse-7

तां चापि बुद्धिं पापिष्ठां वर्धयन्त्यस्य मन्त्रिणः ।
शकुनिः सूतपुत्रश्च भ्राता दुःशासनस्तथा ॥७॥

7. tāṁ cāpi buddhiṁ pāpiṣṭhāṁ vardhayantyasya mantriṇaḥ ,
śakuniḥ sūtaputraśca bhrātā duḥśāsanastathā.

7. tām ca api buddhim pāpiṣṭhām vardhayanti asya
mantriṇaḥ śakuniḥ sūtaputraḥ ca bhrātā duḥśāsanaḥ tathā

7. Indeed, his advisors, namely Śakuni, Sūtaputra (Karṇa), and his brother Duḥśāsana, encourage that most wicked intellect of his.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect, understanding, mind, intelligence

• पापिष्ठाम् (pāpiṣṭhām) - most wicked, most sinful, most evil

• वर्धयन्ति (vardhayanti) - they encourage, they increase, they promote

• अस्य (asya) - of him, his

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - counselors, ministers

• शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - The maternal uncle of Duryodhana (Śakuni)

• सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - Karṇa, who was raised by a charioteer (son of a charioteer)

• च (ca) - and, also

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• दुःशासनः (duḥśāsanaḥ) - One of the Kaurava brothers (Duḥśāsana)

• तथा (tathā) - and, likewise, thus

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect, understanding, mind, intelligence

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, mind, intelligence, perception

Root: budh (class 1)

पापिष्ठाम् (pāpiṣṭhām) - most wicked, most sinful, most evil

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pāpiṣṭha

pāpiṣṭha - most wicked, most sinful, most evil (superlative of pāpin)

Superlative degree of 'pāpin' (sinful, wicked).

Note: Agrees with 'buddhim'.

वर्धयन्ति (vardhayanti) - they encourage, they increase, they promote

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vṛdh

Causative verb (vardhayati), present tense, 3rd person plural, active voice.

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

अस्य (asya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - counselors, ministers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - counselor, minister, advisor

Root: man (class 4)

शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - The maternal uncle of Duryodhana (Śakuni)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - bird; (proper name) Śakuni

सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - Karṇa, who was raised by a charioteer (son of a charioteer)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūtaputra

sūtaputra - son of a charioteer; (proper name) Karṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+putra)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, driver
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sū (to impel, to beget).
  Root: sū (class 2)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pu (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

दुःशासनः (duḥśāsanaḥ) - One of the Kaurava brothers (Duḥśāsana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duḥśāsana

duḥśāsana - difficult to rule, ill-ruled; (proper name) Duḥśāsana

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dus+śāsana)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill, hard
  prefix
• śāsana – rule, command, instruction, punishment
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root śās (to rule, to command).
  Root: śās (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - and, likewise, thus

(indeclinable)