Agni Purana — Chapter 241
AgP 241.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सामादिर्नाम चत्वारिंशदध्कद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२४१} :श् अथ एकचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः राजनीतिः राम उवाच षड्विधन्तु बलं व्यूह्य देवान् प्रार्च्य रिपुं व्रजेत् मौलं भूतं श्रोणिसुहृद्द्विषदाटविकं बलं
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe sāmādirnāma catvāriṃśadadhkadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {241} :ś atha ekacatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ rājanītiḥ rāma uvāca ṣaḍvidhantu balaṃ vyūhya devān prārcya ripuṃ vrajet maulaṃ bhūtaṃ śroṇisuhṛddviṣadāṭavikaṃ balaṃ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the two hundred fortieth chapter, called 'Conciliation and the Rest.' Now the two hundred forty-first chapter: Statecraft. Rāma said: Having arrayed the sixfold force and having first worshipped the gods, he should march against the enemy. The force is: hereditary, hired, corporate, allied, the enemy's, and forest-tribal.
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AgP 241.2
पूर्वं पूर्वं गरीयस्तु बलानां व्यसनं तथा षडङ्गं मन्त्रकोषाभ्यां पदात्यश्वरथद्विपैः
pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ garīyastu balānāṃ vyasanaṃ tathā ṣaḍaṅgaṃ mantrakoṣābhyāṃ padātyaśvarathadvipaiḥ
Each earlier one is the weightier, and so too (the more serious) is the ruin of (those) forces. The six limbs (of the state rest) on counsel and treasury, together with foot-soldiers, horses, chariots and elephants.
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AgP 241.3
नद्यद्रवनदुर्गेषु यत्र यत्र भयं भवेत् :प् ३७६ सेनापतिस्तत्र तत्र गच्छेद्व्यूहीकृतैर् बलैः
nadyadravanadurgeṣu yatra yatra bhayaṃ bhavet :p 376 senāpatistatra tatra gacchedvyūhīkṛtair balaiḥ
In rivers, defiles and forts, wherever there may be danger, there the general should go with the forces drawn up in array.
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AgP 241.4
नायकः पुरतो यायात् प्रवीरपुरुषावृतः मध्ये कलत्रं स्वामी च कोषः फल्गु च यद्बलं
nāyakaḥ purato yāyāt pravīrapuruṣāvṛtaḥ madhye kalatraṃ svāmī ca koṣaḥ phalgu ca yadbalaṃ
The commander should march in front, surrounded by heroic men; in the middle the women, the lord himself, the treasury, and whatever force is weak.
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AgP 241.5
पार्श्वयोरुभयोरश्वा वाजिनां पार्श्वयो रथाः रथानां पार्श्वयोर्नागा नागानां चाटवीबलं
pārśvayorubhayoraśvā vājināṃ pārśvayo rathāḥ rathānāṃ pārśvayornāgā nāgānāṃ cāṭavībalaṃ
On both flanks the horses; on the flanks of the horses the chariots; on the flanks of the chariots the elephants; and on the flanks of the elephants the forest troops.
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AgP 241.6
पश्चात् सेनापतिः सर्वं पुरस्कृत्य कृती स्वयं यायात्सन्नद्धसैन्यौघः खिन्नानाश्वासयञ्च्छनैः
paścāt senāpatiḥ sarvaṃ puraskṛtya kṛtī svayaṃ yāyātsannaddhasainyaughaḥ khinnānāśvāsayañcchanaiḥ
Behind, the capable general himself, having placed all in front, should march with his mass of troops armed, gently reassuring those who are exhausted.
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AgP 241.7
यायाद्व्यूहेन महता मकरेण पुरोभये श्येनेनोद्धृतपक्षेण सूच्या वा वीरवक्त्रया
yāyādvyūhena mahatā makareṇa purobhaye śyenenoddhṛtapakṣeṇa sūcyā vā vīravaktrayā
When the danger is in front he should march with the great 'crocodile' array, or with the 'hawk' with wings raised, or with the 'needle' whose face is heroes.
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AgP 241.8
पश्चाद्भये तु शकटं पार्श्वयोर्वज्रसञ्ज्ञितं(१) सर्वतः सर्वतोभद्रं भये व्यूहं प्रकल्पयेत्
paścādbhaye tu śakaṭaṃ pārśvayorvajrasañjñitaṃ(1) sarvataḥ sarvatobhadraṃ bhaye vyūhaṃ prakalpayet
But when the danger is behind, the 'cart'; when on the flanks, the one called 'thunderbolt'; when the danger is on all sides, he should form the 'auspicious-on-all-sides' array.
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AgP 241.9
कन्दरे शैलगहने निम्नगावनसङ्कटे दीर्घाध्वनि परिश्रान्तं क्षुत्पिपासाहितक्लमं
kandare śailagahane nimnagāvanasaṅkaṭe dīrghādhvani pariśrāntaṃ kṣutpipāsāhitaklamaṃ
(The enemy) in a cave, in a mountain thicket, in a defile of a river or a forest, worn out on a long road, wearied by hunger and thirst,
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AgP 241.10
व्याधिदुर्भिक्षमरकपीडितं दस्युविद्रुतं पङ्कांशुजलस्कन्धं व्यस्तं पुञ्जीकृतं पथि
vyādhidurbhikṣamarakapīḍitaṃ dasyuvidrutaṃ paṅkāṃśujalaskandhaṃ vyastaṃ puñjīkṛtaṃ pathi
afflicted by disease, famine or plague, scattered by robbers, with its column (stuck) in mud, dust or water, dispersed, or heaped together on the road,
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AgP 241.11
प्रसुप्तं भोजनव्यग्रमभूमिष्ठमसुस्थितं चौराग्निभयवित्रस्तं वृष्टिवातसमाहतं
prasuptaṃ bhojanavyagramabhūmiṣṭhamasusthitaṃ caurāgnibhayavitrastaṃ vṛṣṭivātasamāhataṃ
fast asleep, busy with eating, not on (its own) ground, not firmly placed, terrified by fear of thieves or fire, beaten down by rain and wind —
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AgP 241.12
इत्यादौ स्वचमूं रक्षेत् प्रसैन्यं च घतयेत् विशिष्टो देशकालाभ्यां भिन्नविप्रकृतिर्बली
ityādau svacamūṃ rakṣet prasainyaṃ ca ghatayet viśiṣṭo deśakālābhyāṃ bhinnaviprakṛtirbalī
in such cases and the like he should guard his own army and destroy the enemy's force. He who is superior in respect of place and time, whose (enemy's) elements are split and estranged, and who is strong,
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AgP 241.13
कुर्यात् प्रकाशयुद्धं हि कूटयुद्धं विपर्यये तेष्ववस्कन्दकालेषु परं हन्यात्समाकुलं
kuryāt prakāśayuddhaṃ hi kūṭayuddhaṃ viparyaye teṣvavaskandakāleṣu paraṃ hanyātsamākulaṃ
should indeed wage open war; in the opposite case, deceitful war. At those times of raiding he should strike the foe when it is in disarray.
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AgP 241.14
:न् १ वज्रसङ्कटमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् ३७७ अभूमिष्ठं स्वभूमिष्ठं स्वभूमौ चोपजायतः प्रकृतिप्रग्रहाकृष्टं पाशैर् वनचरादिभिः
:n 1 vajrasaṅkaṭamiti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 377 abhūmiṣṭhaṃ svabhūmiṣṭhaṃ svabhūmau copajāyataḥ prakṛtipragrahākṛṣṭaṃ pāśair vanacarādibhiḥ
(The enemy) not standing on (favourable) ground, while he himself stands on his own ground and (thus) prevails on his own terrain — (the enemy) drawn out by the seizing hold of its constituents, (or trapped) with snares by forest-dwellers and the like,
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AgP 241.15
हन्यात् प्रवीरपुरुषैर् भङ्गदानापकर्षणैः पुरस्ताद्दर्शनं दत्वा तल्लक्षकृतनिश् चयात्
hanyāt pravīrapuruṣair bhaṅgadānāpakarṣaṇaiḥ purastāddarśanaṃ datvā tallakṣakṛtaniś cayāt
he should strike with champion men, by feigning a break and drawing (the foe) off; having shown himself in front, and from the certainty formed by taking that as the mark,
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AgP 241.16
हन्यात्पश्चात् प्रवीरेण बलेनोपेत्य वेगिना पश्चाद्वा सङ्कुलीकृत्य हन्याच्छूरेण पूर्वतः
hanyātpaścāt pravīreṇa balenopetya veginā paścādvā saṅkulīkṛtya hanyācchūreṇa pūrvataḥ
he should strike from behind with a champion, coming up with a swift force; or, having thrown (the foe) into confusion from the rear, he should strike in front with a hero.
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AgP 241.17
आभ्यां पार्श्वाभिघातौ तु व्याख्यातौ कूटयोधने पुरस्ताद्विषमे देशे पश्चाद्धन्यात्तु वेगवान्
ābhyāṃ pārśvābhighātau tu vyākhyātau kūṭayodhane purastādviṣame deśe paścāddhanyāttu vegavān
By these two, the attacks on the flanks are (also) explained, in deceitful fighting. When the ground in front is rough, the swift one should strike from the rear.
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AgP 241.18
पुरः पश्चात्तु विषमे एवमेव तु पार्श्वयोः प्रथमं योधयित्वा तु दूष्यामित्राटवीबलौ
puraḥ paścāttu viṣame evameva tu pārśvayoḥ prathamaṃ yodhayitvā tu dūṣyāmitrāṭavībalau
But when it is rough in front, (he should strike) from behind, and just so on the two flanks. Having first made the disaffected, the enemy's men and the forest troops fight,
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AgP 241.19
श्रान्तं मन्दन्निराक्रन्दं हन्यादश्रान्तवाहनं दूष्यामित्रबलैर् वापि भङ्गन्दत्वा प्रयत्नवान्
śrāntaṃ mandannirākrandaṃ hanyādaśrāntavāhanaṃ dūṣyāmitrabalair vāpi bhaṅgandatvā prayatnavān
he, being diligent, should strike (the foe) when it is worn out, sluggish and without support, with mounts that are not worn out; or with the troops of the disaffected and of enemies, having feigned a break,
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AgP 241.20
जितमित्येव विश्वस्तं हन्यान्मन्त्रव्यपाश्रयः स्कन्धावारपुरग्रामशस्यस्वामिप्रजादिषु
jitamityeva viśvastaṃ hanyānmantravyapāśrayaḥ skandhāvārapuragrāmaśasyasvāmiprajādiṣu
relying on counsel, he should strike (the foe) when it is confident, thinking 'it is already won'. In the matter of camps, cities, villages, crops, lords, subjects and the like,
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AgP 241.21
विश्रभ्यन्तं परानीकमप्रमत्तो विनाशयेत् अथवा गोग्रहाकृष्टं तल्लक्ष्यं मार्गबन्धनात्
viśrabhyantaṃ parānīkamapramatto vināśayet athavā gograhākṛṣṭaṃ tallakṣyaṃ mārgabandhanāt
being unheedless, he should destroy the enemy army as it grows over-confident; or (he should destroy) that target when it has been drawn out by a cattle-raid, by blocking its road.
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AgP 241.22
अवस्कन्दभयाद्रात्रिपूजागरकृतश्रमः दिवासुप्तं समाहन्यान्निद्राव्याकुलसैनिकं
avaskandabhayādrātripūjāgarakṛtaśramaḥ divāsuptaṃ samāhanyānnidrāvyākulasainikaṃ
When, out of fear of a raid, (the enemy) has exhausted itself in watching at night, he should strike (it) as it sleeps by day, its soldiers muddled with sleep;
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AgP 241.23
निशि विश्रब्धसंसुप्तं नागैर् वा खड्गपाणिभिः प्रयाने पूर्वयायित्वं वनदुर्गप्रवेशनं
niśi viśrabdhasaṃsuptaṃ nāgair vā khaḍgapāṇibhiḥ prayāne pūrvayāyitvaṃ vanadurgapraveśanaṃ
or at night, when it is soundly asleep, (he should strike) with elephants or with men holding swords. On the march: going ahead, and entering forests and strongholds;
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AgP 241.24
अभिन्नानामनीकानां भेदनं भिन्नसङ्ग्रहः विभीषकाद्वारघातं कोषरक्षेभकर्म च
abhinnānāmanīkānāṃ bhedanaṃ bhinnasaṅgrahaḥ vibhīṣakādvāraghātaṃ koṣarakṣebhakarma ca
the splitting of formations that are unsplit, the holding together of those that are split, terrifying (the foe), the smashing of gates, the guarding of the treasury — this too is the work of elephants.
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AgP 241.25
अभिन्नभेदनं मित्रसन्धानं रथकर्म च :प् ३७८ वनदिङ्मार्गविचये वीवधासारलक्षणं
abhinnabhedanaṃ mitrasandhānaṃ rathakarma ca :p 378 vanadiṅmārgavicaye vīvadhāsāralakṣaṇaṃ
The splitting of what is unsplit, the joining together with allies — and (this is) the work of chariots; in the searching out of forests, directions and roads, the marking of supply-trains and reinforcements,
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AgP 241.26
अनुयानापसरणे शीघ्रकार्योपपादनं दीनानुसरणं घातः कोटीनां जघनस्य च
anuyānāpasaraṇe śīghrakāryopapādanaṃ dīnānusaraṇaṃ ghātaḥ koṭīnāṃ jaghanasya ca
in following up and in withdrawing, the accomplishing of tasks requiring speed, the pursuit of the dispirited, the slaying of the wings and of the rear —
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AgP 241.27
अश्वकर्माथ पत्तेश् च सर्वदा शस्त्रधारणं शिविरस्य च मार्गादेः शोधनं वस्तिकर्म च
aśvakarmātha patteś ca sarvadā śastradhāraṇaṃ śivirasya ca mārgādeḥ śodhanaṃ vastikarma ca
that is the work of horses; and of the foot-soldier: the bearing of weapons at all times, the clearing of the camp's roads and the rest, and the work of the enclosure.
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AgP 241.28
संस्थूलस्थाणुवल्मीकवृक्षगुल्मापकण्टकं सापसारा पदातीनां भूर्नातिविषमा मता
saṃsthūlasthāṇuvalmīkavṛkṣagulmāpakaṇṭakaṃ sāpasārā padātīnāṃ bhūrnātiviṣamā matā
Ground for foot-soldiers is held to be not too rough, one where the large stumps, anthills, trees, bushes and thorns have been cleared away, and which affords a way of retreat.
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AgP 241.29
स्वल्पवृक्षोपला क्षिप्रलङ्घनीयनगा स्थिरा निःशर्करा विपङ्का च सापसारा च वाजिभूः
svalpavṛkṣopalā kṣipralaṅghanīyanagā sthirā niḥśarkarā vipaṅkā ca sāpasārā ca vājibhūḥ
Ground for horses (should be) one with few trees and stones, with hills quickly crossed over, firm, free of gravel, free of mud, and affording room for withdrawal.
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AgP 241.30
निस्थाणुवृक्षकेदारा रथभूमिरकर्दमा मर्दनीयतरुच्छेद्यव्रततीपङ्कवर्जिता
nisthāṇuvṛkṣakedārā rathabhūmirakardamā mardanīyatarucchedyavratatīpaṅkavarjitā
Chariot ground (should be) free of stumps, trees and paddy-embankments, without mire, and free of trees that must be trampled down, of creepers that must be cut through, and of mud.
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AgP 241.31
निर्झरागम्यशैला(१) च विषमा गजमेदिनी उरस्यादीनि भिन्नानि प्रतिगृह्णन् बलानि हि
nirjharāgamyaśailā(1) ca viṣamā gajamedinī urasyādīni bhinnāni pratigṛhṇan balāni hi
And elephant ground (may be) one with waterfalls and inaccessible rocks, and rugged. (The reserve) indeed receives back the broken forces of the chest and the rest.
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AgP 241.32
प्रतिग्रह इति ख्यातो राजकार्यान्तरक्षमः तेन शून्यस्तु यो व्यूहः स भिन्न इव लक्ष्यते
pratigraha iti khyāto rājakāryāntarakṣamaḥ tena śūnyastu yo vyūhaḥ sa bhinna iva lakṣyate
It is known as the "reserve" (pratigraha), and it is capable of other royal tasks; but that battle-array which is devoid of it is seen as if already broken.
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AgP 241.33
जयार्थी न च युद्ध्येत मतिमानप्रतिग्रहः यत्र राजा तत्र कोषः कोषाधीना हि राजता
jayārthī na ca yuddhyeta matimānapratigrahaḥ yatra rājā tatra koṣaḥ koṣādhīnā hi rājatā
And an intelligent man who desires victory should not fight without a reserve; where the king is, there is the treasury, for kingship depends on the treasury.
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AgP 241.34
योधेभ्यस्तु ततो दद्यात् किञ्चिद्दातुं(२) न युज्यते द्रव्यलक्षं राजघाते तदर्धं तत्सुतार्दने
yodhebhyastu tato dadyāt kiñciddātuṃ(2) na yujyate dravyalakṣaṃ rājaghāte tadardhaṃ tatsutārdane
From that (treasury) he should then give to the fighters; to give some trifle is not fitting: a lakh of wealth for the killing of the (enemy) king, half of that for the slaying of his son.
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AgP 241.35
सेनापतिबधे तद्वद्दद्याद्धस्त्यादिमर्दने अथवा खलु युध्येरन् प्रत्यश्वरथदन्तिनः
senāpatibadhe tadvaddadyāddhastyādimardane athavā khalu yudhyeran pratyaśvarathadantinaḥ
For the killing of a general he should give likewise, (and so also) for the destruction of elephants and the rest. Or else they should indeed fight, horse against horse, chariot against chariot, elephant against elephant.
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AgP 241.36
:न् १ निःशर्करा गम्यशैलेति ज॥ २ किं हि दातुमिति घ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ३७९ यथा भवेदसंबाधो व्यायामविनिवर्तने असङ्करेण युद्धेरन् सङ्करः सङ्कुलावहः
:n 1 niḥśarkarā gamyaśaileti ja.. 2 kiṃ hi dātumiti gha.. , ña.. ca :p 379 yathā bhavedasaṃbādho vyāyāmavinivartane asaṅkareṇa yuddheran saṅkaraḥ saṅkulāvahaḥ
[Notes: 1. "niḥśarkarā gamyaśailā" in ms. ja. 2. "kiṃ hi dātum" in mss. gha. and ña. Page 379.] (They should be so placed) that there be no crowding in the exercise of arms and in withdrawal; they should fight without intermingling, for intermingling brings on confusion.
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AgP 241.37
महासङ्कुलयुद्धेषु संश्रयेरन्मतङ्गजं अश्वस्य प्रतियोद्धारो भवेयुः पुरुषास्त्रयः
mahāsaṅkulayuddheṣu saṃśrayeranmataṅgajaṃ aśvasya pratiyoddhāro bhaveyuḥ puruṣāstrayaḥ
In battles of great confusion they should take shelter with an elephant; three men should be the counter-fighters of one horse.
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AgP 241.38
इति कल्प्यास्त्रयश्चाश्वा विधेयाः कुञ्जरस्य तु पादगोपा भवेयुश् च पुरुषा दश पञ्च च
iti kalpyāstrayaścāśvā vidheyāḥ kuñjarasya tu pādagopā bhaveyuś ca puruṣā daśa pañca ca
Thus three horses are to be reckoned (against one elephant); and for an elephant fifteen men should be appointed as foot-guards.
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AgP 241.39
विधानमिति नागस्य विहितं स्यन्दनस्य च अनीकमिति विज्ञेयमिति कल्प्या नव द्विपाः
vidhānamiti nāgasya vihitaṃ syandanasya ca anīkamiti vijñeyamiti kalpyā nava dvipāḥ
Such is the prescribed arrangement for an elephant and for a chariot. An "anīka" (company) is to be understood thus: nine elephants are to be counted (as one).
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AgP 241.40
तथानीकस्य रन्ध्रन्तु पञ्चधा च प्रचक्षते इत्यनीकविभगेन स्थापयेद् व्यूहसम्पदः
tathānīkasya randhrantu pañcadhā ca pracakṣate ityanīkavibhagena sthāpayed vyūhasampadaḥ
Likewise they declare the gap (randhra) of a company to be fivefold; thus, by the division into companies, he should establish the array in its full excellence.
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AgP 241.41
उरस्यकक्षपक्षांस्तु कल्प्यानेतान् प्रचक्षते उरःकक्षौ च पक्षौ च मध्यं पृष्ठं प्रतिग्रहः
urasyakakṣapakṣāṃstu kalpyānetān pracakṣate uraḥkakṣau ca pakṣau ca madhyaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ pratigrahaḥ
They declare these to be the divisions to be arranged: chest, flanks and wings — the chest, the two flanks, the two wings, the centre, the rear, the reserve,
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AgP 241.42
कोटी च व्यूहशास्त्रज्ञैः सप्ताङ्गो व्यूह उच्यते उरस्यकक्षपक्षास्तु व्यूहो ऽयं सप्रतिग्रहः
koṭī ca vyūhaśāstrajñaiḥ saptāṅgo vyūha ucyate urasyakakṣapakṣāstu vyūho 'yaṃ sapratigrahaḥ
and the two tips: (thus) by those versed in the science of arrays the array is called seven-limbed. But this array of chest, flanks and wings together with a reserve
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AgP 241.43
गुरोरेष च शुक्रस्य कक्षाभ्यां परिवर्जितः तिष्ठेयुः सेनापतयः प्रवीरैः पुरुषैर् वृताः
guroreṣa ca śukrasya kakṣābhyāṃ parivarjitaḥ tiṣṭheyuḥ senāpatayaḥ pravīraiḥ puruṣair vṛtāḥ
is Guru's (Bṛhaspati's); Śukra's is this same one without the two flanks. The generals should stand surrounded by the foremost heroic men.
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AgP 241.44
अभेदेन च युध्येरन् रक्षेयुश् च परस्परं मध्यव्यूहे फल्गु सैन्यं युद्धवस्तु जघन्यतः
abhedena ca yudhyeran rakṣeyuś ca parasparaṃ madhyavyūhe phalgu sainyaṃ yuddhavastu jaghanyataḥ
And they should fight without breaking (rank) and should protect one another; the weak troops (are placed) in the middle of the array, and the (mere) material of battle at the very rear.
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AgP 241.45
युद्धं हि नायकप्राणं हन्यते तदनायकं उरसि स्थापयेन्नागान् प्रचण्डान् कक्षयो रथान्
yuddhaṃ hi nāyakaprāṇaṃ hanyate tadanāyakaṃ urasi sthāpayennāgān pracaṇḍān kakṣayo rathān
For battle has the leader as its life-breath; without a leader it is destroyed. In the chest he should station fierce elephants, on the two flanks chariots,
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AgP 241.46
हयांश् च पक्षयोर्व्यूहो मध्यभेदी प्रकीर्तितः मध्यदेशे हयानीकं रथानीकञ्च कक्षयोः
hayāṃś ca pakṣayorvyūho madhyabhedī prakīrtitaḥ madhyadeśe hayānīkaṃ rathānīkañca kakṣayoḥ
and on the two wings horses: this array is proclaimed the "centre-breaker". A horse-company in the central region and a chariot-company on the two flanks,
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AgP 241.47
पक्षयोश् च गजानीकं व्यूहोन्तर्भेद्ययं स्मृतः :प् ३८० रथस्थाने हयान् दद्यात् पदातींश् च हयश्राये
pakṣayoś ca gajānīkaṃ vyūhontarbhedyayaṃ smṛtaḥ :p 380 rathasthāne hayān dadyāt padātīṃś ca hayaśrāye
and an elephant-company on the two wings: this array is held to be the "inwardly breakable". [Page 380] In the place of chariots he should put horses, and foot-soldiers where horses would be supported.
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AgP 241.48
रथाभावे तु द्विरदान् व्यूहे सर्वत्र दापयेत् यदि स्याद्दण्डबाहुल्यमाबाधः सम्प्रकीर्तितः
rathābhāve tu dviradān vyūhe sarvatra dāpayet yadi syāddaṇḍabāhulyamābādhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ
But in the absence of chariots he should have elephants placed everywhere in the array. If there be an excess of the staff-formation (daṇḍa), that is declared to be an obstruction.
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AgP 241.49
मण्डलांसंहतो भोगो दण्डास्ते बहुधा शृणु तिर्यग्वृत्तिस्तु दण्डः स्याद् भोगो ऽन्यावृत्तिरेव च
maṇḍalāṃsaṃhato bhogo daṇḍāste bahudhā śṛṇu tiryagvṛttistu daṇḍaḥ syād bhogo 'nyāvṛttireva ca
(The four are) maṇḍala (circle), asaṃhata (loose array), bhoga (coil) and daṇḍa (staff); hear their many kinds. The daṇḍa is that whose movement is crosswise, while the bhoga is that whose movement is otherwise.
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AgP 241.50
मण्डलः सर्वतोवृत्तिः पृथग्वृत्तिरसंहतः प्रदरो दृढको ऽसह्यः चापो वै कुक्षिरेव च
maṇḍalaḥ sarvatovṛttiḥ pṛthagvṛttirasaṃhataḥ pradaro dṛḍhako 'sahyaḥ cāpo vai kukṣireva ca
The maṇḍala moves in all directions; the asaṃhata moves separately (in parts). (Its kinds are) pradara, dṛḍhaka, asahya, and also cāpa (bow) and kukṣi (belly).
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AgP 241.51
प्रतिष्ठः सुप्रतिष्ठश् च श्येनो विजयसञ्जयौ विशालो विजयः शूची स्थूणाकर्णचमूमुखौ
pratiṣṭhaḥ supratiṣṭhaś ca śyeno vijayasañjayau viśālo vijayaḥ śūcī sthūṇākarṇacamūmukhau
Pratiṣṭha and supratiṣṭha, śyena (hawk), vijaya and sañjaya, viśāla, vijaya, śūcī (needle), sthūṇākarṇa and camūmukha,
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AgP 241.52
सर्पास्यो वलयश् चैव दण्ड दण्डभेदाश् च दुर्जयाः अतिक्रान्तः प्रतिक्रान्तः कक्षाभ्याञ्चैकक्षपक्षतः
sarpāsyo valayaś caiva daṇḍa daṇḍabhedāś ca durjayāḥ atikrāntaḥ pratikrāntaḥ kakṣābhyāñcaikakṣapakṣataḥ
sarpāsya (snake-mouth) and valaya (ring) — these are the divisions of the daṇḍa, and (they are) hard to conquer. Atikrānta and pratikrānta (are formed) by the two flanks (kakṣa) and by the single flank on the wing side.
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AgP 241.53
अतिक्रान्तस्तु पक्षाभ्यां त्रयो ऽन्ये तद्विपर्यये पक्षोरस्यैर् अतिक्रान्तः प्रतिष्ठो ऽन्यो विपर्ययः
atikrāntastu pakṣābhyāṃ trayo 'nye tadviparyaye pakṣorasyair atikrāntaḥ pratiṣṭho 'nyo viparyayaḥ
With the two wings (pakṣa) it is atikrānta; the other three are in the reverse case. With wings and chest (urasya) it is atikrānta; the other, the reverse, is pratiṣṭha.
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AgP 241.54
स्थूणापक्षो धनुःपक्षो द्विस्थूणो दण्ड ऊर्ध्वगः द्विगुणोन्तस्त्वतिक्रान्तपक्षो ऽन्यस्य विपर्ययः
sthūṇāpakṣo dhanuḥpakṣo dvisthūṇo daṇḍa ūrdhvagaḥ dviguṇontastvatikrāntapakṣo 'nyasya viparyayaḥ
Sthūṇāpakṣa, dhanuḥpakṣa, dvisthūṇa, daṇḍa going upward, and the atikrāntapakṣa doubled at the end; of the other, the reverse.
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AgP 241.55
द्विचतुर्दण्ड इत्य् एते ज्ञेया लक्षणतः क्रमात् गोमूत्रिकाहिसञ्चारीशकटो मकरस् तथा
dvicaturdaṇḍa ity ete jñeyā lakṣaṇataḥ kramāt gomūtrikāhisañcārīśakaṭo makaras tathā
These are to be known in order by their marks as the two-and-four daṇḍa (formations). Gomūtrikā (cow's-urine zigzag), ahisañcārī (snake-crawler), śakaṭa (cart), and likewise makara (crocodile) —
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AgP 241.56
भोगभेदाः समाख्यातास् तथा परिप्लवङ्गकः दण्डपक्षौ युगारस्यः शकटस्तद्विपर्यये
bhogabhedāḥ samākhyātās tathā pariplavaṅgakaḥ daṇḍapakṣau yugārasyaḥ śakaṭastadviparyaye
these are declared the divisions of the bhoga, and likewise the pariplavaṅgaka. With the two wings as daṇḍa and the chest as the yoke-point, it is the śakaṭa; in the reverse of that (it is makara).
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AgP 241.57
मकरो व्यतिकीर्णश् च शेषः कुञ्जरराजिभिः मण्डलव्यूहभेदौ तु सर्वतोभद्रदुर्जयौ
makaro vyatikīrṇaś ca śeṣaḥ kuñjararājibhiḥ maṇḍalavyūhabhedau tu sarvatobhadradurjayau
the makara, and the vyatikīrṇa (intermixed), and the rest with the elephant-lines. But the two divisions of the maṇḍala array are sarvatobhadra and durjaya.
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AgP 241.58
अष्टानीको द्वितीयस्तु प्रथमः सर्वतोमुखः अर्धचन्द्रक ऊर्ध्वाङ्गो वज्रभेदास्तु संहतेः
aṣṭānīko dvitīyastu prathamaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ ardhacandraka ūrdhvāṅgo vajrabhedāstu saṃhateḥ
The second is the eight-divisioned one, the first is sarvatomukha (facing all ways). Ardhacandraka (half-moon), ūrdhvāṅga, and the vajra-divisions belong to the compact (array).
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AgP 241.59
:प् ३८१ तथा कर्कटशृङ्गी च काकपादौ च गोधिका त्रिचतुःसैन्यानां ज्ञेया आकारभेदतः
:p 381 tathā karkaṭaśṛṅgī ca kākapādau ca godhikā tricatuḥsainyānāṃ jñeyā ākārabhedataḥ
and likewise karkaṭaśṛṅgī (crab's-horn), the two kākapādas (crow's-foot), and godhikā — these are to be known by difference of shape, (as belonging) to armies of three and four (divisions).
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AgP 241.60
दण्डस्य स्युः सप्तदश व्यूहा द्वौ मण्डलस्य च असङ्घातस्य षट् पञ्च भोगस्यैव तु सङ्गरे
daṇḍasya syuḥ saptadaśa vyūhā dvau maṇḍalasya ca asaṅghātasya ṣaṭ pañca bhogasyaiva tu saṅgare
For the daṇḍa there are seventeen arrays, and two for the maṇḍala, six for the asaṅghāta (loose one), and five for the bhoga, in battle.
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AgP 241.61
पक्षादीनामथैकेन हत्वा शेषैः परिक्षिपेत् उरसा वा समाहत्य कोटिभ्यां परिवेष्टयेत्(१)
pakṣādīnāmathaikena hatvā śeṣaiḥ parikṣipet urasā vā samāhatya koṭibhyāṃ pariveṣṭayet(1)
Then, having struck with one of the wings and the rest, one should surround (the enemy) with the remaining (divisions); or, having struck hard with the chest, one should encircle (him) with the two flank-tips.
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AgP 241.62
परे कोटी समाक्रम्य पक्षाभ्यामप्रतिग्रहात् कोटिभ्याञ्जघनं हन्यादुरसा च प्रपीडयेत्
pare koṭī samākramya pakṣābhyāmapratigrahāt koṭibhyāñjaghanaṃ hanyādurasā ca prapīḍayet
Having advanced upon the enemy's two wing-tips with one's own two wings, since (he) has no reserve, one should strike the rear with the two wing-tips and press hard with the chest.
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AgP 241.63
यतः फल्गु यतो भिन्नं यतश्चान्यैर् अधिष्ठितं ततश्चारिबलं हन्यादात्मनश्चोपवृंहयेत्
yataḥ phalgu yato bhinnaṃ yataścānyair adhiṣṭhitaṃ tataścāribalaṃ hanyādātmanaścopavṛṃhayet
Where (the enemy) is weak, where he is broken, and where he is held by others — there one should strike the enemy's force and strengthen one's own.
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AgP 241.64
सारं द्विगुणसारेण फल्गुसारेण पीडयेत् संहतञ्च गजानीकैः प्रचण्डैर् दारयेद्बलं
sāraṃ dviguṇasāreṇa phalgusāreṇa pīḍayet saṃhatañca gajānīkaiḥ pracaṇḍair dārayedbalaṃ
One should press the strong (part of the enemy) with a doubly strong force, and the weak with a (merely) strong one; and one should split a compact force with fierce elephant-troops.
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AgP 241.65
स्यात् कक्षपक्षोरस्यश् च वर्तमानस्तु दण्डकः तत्र प्रयोगो डण्डस्य स्थानन्तुर्येण दर्शयेत्
syāt kakṣapakṣorasyaś ca vartamānastu daṇḍakaḥ tatra prayogo ḍaṇḍasya sthānanturyeṇa darśayet
There would be (a formation) with flanks, wings and chest, and the daṇḍaka is the one in current use; there the employment of the daṇḍa — one should indicate the position by the fourth (part).
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AgP 241.66
स्याद्दण्डसमपक्षाभ्यामतिक्रान्तो दृढः स्मृतः भवेत्स पक्षकक्षाभ्यामतिक्रान्तः प्रदारकः
syāddaṇḍasamapakṣābhyāmatikrānto dṛḍhaḥ smṛtaḥ bhavetsa pakṣakakṣābhyāmatikrāntaḥ pradārakaḥ
With wings equal to the daṇḍa, the atikrānta is held to be firm (dṛḍha); with wing and flank, that atikrānta becomes the pradāraka (render).
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AgP 241.67
कक्षाभ्याञ्च प्रतिक्रान्तव्यूहो ऽसह्यः स्मृतो यथा कक्षपक्षावधः स्थप्योरस्यैः कान्तश् च खातकः
kakṣābhyāñca pratikrāntavyūho 'sahyaḥ smṛto yathā kakṣapakṣāvadhaḥ sthapyorasyaiḥ kāntaś ca khātakaḥ
And the array pratikrānta by the two flanks is called asahya, as (also) the one with flanks and wings placed below, with chest-troops — the kānta and the khātaka.
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AgP 241.68
द्वौ दण्डौ बलयः प्रोक्तो कान्तश् च खातकः दुर्जयश् चतुर्वलयः शत्रोर्बलविमर्दनः
dvau daṇḍau balayaḥ prokto kāntaś ca khātakaḥ durjayaś caturvalayaḥ śatrorbalavimardanaḥ
Two daṇḍas are called valaya, and (so are) kānta and khātaka; the four-fold valaya is durjaya, the crusher of the enemy's force.
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AgP 241.69
कक्षपक्षौरस्यैर् भोगो विषयं परिवर्तयन् :न् १ कोटिभ्यां परिकल्पयेदिति घ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ३८२ सर्पचारी गोमूत्रिका शर्कटः शकटाकृतिः
kakṣapakṣaurasyair bhogo viṣayaṃ parivartayan :n 1 koṭibhyāṃ parikalpayediti gha.. , ña.. ca :p 382 sarpacārī gomūtrikā śarkaṭaḥ śakaṭākṛtiḥ
(The array made) with flanks, wings and centre is the "coil" (bhoga), turning the field about; [variant in mss. gha and ña: "one should arrange (it) by the two wings"] the "snake-mover" (sarpacārī), the "cow's-urine" zigzag (gomūtrikā), and the "cart" (śakaṭa), shaped like a wagon.
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AgP 241.70
विपर्ययो ऽमरः प्रोक्तः सर्वशत्रुविमर्दकः स्यात् कक्षपक्षोरस्यानामेकीभावस्तु मण्डलः
viparyayo 'maraḥ proktaḥ sarvaśatruvimardakaḥ syāt kakṣapakṣorasyānāmekībhāvastu maṇḍalaḥ
Its reverse is called the "immortal" (amara), which crushes all enemies; but the merging into one of flanks, wings and centre is the "circle" (maṇḍala).
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AgP 241.71
चक्रपद्मादयो भेदा मण्डलस्य प्रभेदकाः एवञ्च सर्वतोभद्रो वज्राक्षवरकाकवत्
cakrapadmādayo bhedā maṇḍalasya prabhedakāḥ evañca sarvatobhadro vajrākṣavarakākavat
The wheel (cakra), the lotus (padma) and the rest are the varieties that subdivide the circle; and so too the "auspicious-on-all-sides" (sarvatobhadra), like a thunderbolt, a die, a case, and a crow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 241.72
अर्धचन्द्रश् च शृङ्गाटो ह्य् अचलो नामरूपतः(१) व्यूहा यथासुखं कर्याः शत्रूणां बलवारणाः
ardhacandraś ca śṛṅgāṭo hy acalo nāmarūpataḥ(1) vyūhā yathāsukhaṃ karyāḥ śatrūṇāṃ balavāraṇāḥ
And the half-moon (ardhacandra), the water-chestnut (śṛṅgāṭa), and the "immovable" (acala) — (so named) after their shape. The arrays are to be made as convenient, as barriers to the forces of the enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 241.73
अग्निर् उवाचरामस्तु रावणं हत्वा अयोध्यां प्राप्तवान् द्विज रामोक्तनीत्येन्द्रजितं हतवांल्लक्ष्मणः पुरा
agnir uvācarāmastu rāvaṇaṃ hatvā ayodhyāṃ prāptavān dvija rāmoktanītyendrajitaṃ hatavāṃllakṣmaṇaḥ purā
Agni said: And Rāma, having killed Rāvaṇa, reached Ayodhyā, O twice-born; and formerly Lakṣmaṇa slew Indrajit by the policy declared by Rāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition