VIGRAHAH- विग्रह:- WAR-11(HITOPADESA)

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यत्र राजा तत्र कोशो विना कोशं न राजता ।
सुभटेभ्यस् ततो दद्यात् को हि दातुर् न युध्यते ॥ ७९ ॥

yatra rājā tatra kośo vinā kośaṃ na rājatā |
subhaṭebhyas tato dadyāt ko hi dātur na yudhyate || 3.79 ||

Where ever the king is the treasury should be with him; there is no royalty without treasure. He should be liberal in paying his soldiers. Who does not fight for the generous?

न नरस्य नरो दासो दासस् त्व् अर्थस्य भूपते ।
गौरवं लाघवं वापि धनाधन-निबन्धनम् ॥ ८० ॥
na narasya naro dāso dāsas tv arthasya bhūpate |
gauravaṃ lāghavaṃ vāpi dhanādhana-nibandhanam || 3.80 ||
Man is not the slave of man but of wealth, o! king; prestige and lack of respect is associated with wealth and poverty.

अभेदेन च युध्येत रक्षेच् चैव परस्परम् ।
फल्गु सैन्यं च यत् किंचिन् मध्ये व्यूहस्य कारयेत् ॥ ८१ ॥
abhedena ca yudhyeta rakṣec caiva parasparam |
phalgu sainyaṃ ca yat kiṃcin madhye vyūhasya kārayet || 3.81 ||
Without breaking the ranks the army should fight, protecting each other; the weaker ranks should be placed at the middle of the ranks.

पदातींश् च महीपालः पुरो ऽनीकस्य योजयेत् ।
उपरुध्यारिम् आसीत राष्ट्रं चास्योपपीडयेत् ॥ ८२ ॥

padātīṃś ca mahīpālaḥ puro 'nīkasya yojayet |
uparudhyārim āsīta rāṣṭraṃ cāsyopapīḍayet || 3.82 ||

A king should place his infantry in the front of the marching column; having blockaded the enemy he should harass his country.

स्यन्दनाश्वैः समे युध्येद् अनूपे नौ-द्विपैस् तथा ।
वृक्ष-गुल्मावृते चापैर् असि-चर्मायुधैः स्थले ॥ ८३ ॥

syandanāśvaiḥ same yudhyed anūpe nau-dvipais tathā |
vṛkṣa-gulmāvṛte cāpair asi-carmāyudhaiḥ sthale || 3.83 ||

Upon level ground he should fight with chariots and horses; in places overflowing with water with boats and elephants; in a place covered with trees and shrubs, and with bows; on open field with swords, shields and other weapons.

दूषयेच् चास्य सततं यवसान् नोदकेन्धनम् ।
भिन्द्याच् चैव तडागानि प्रकारारान् परिखास् तथा ॥ ८४ ॥

dūṣayec cāsya satataṃ yavasān nodakendhanam |
bhindyāc caiva taḍāgāni prakārārān parikhās tathā || 3.84 ||

He should always spoil his enemy’s fodder, food, water and fuel; he should also demolish his tanks, ramparts and trenches.

बलेषु प्रमुखो हस्ती न तथान्यो महीपतेः ।
निजैर् अवयवैर् एव मातङ्गो ऽष्टायुधः स्मृतः ॥ ८५ ॥

baleṣu pramukho hastī na tathānyo mahīpateḥ |
nijair avayavair eva mātaṅgo 'ṣṭāyudhaḥ smṛtaḥ || 3.85 ||

Elephant forms the main part in a king’s army; there is no equal to it; for the elephant is said to have eight weapons in his very limbs.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH