Shloka 5
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
तथैवाक्षविनोदैश्च शस्त्रास्त्रविनयेषु च ।
योग्यानि युद्धनागाश्व-स्यान्दनाभ्यासतत्परः ॥
tathaivākṣavinodaiś ca śastrāstravinayeṣu ca | yogyāni yuddhanāgāśva-syandanābhyāsatatparaḥ ||
তদ্রূপ সে পাশাখেলায়ও আমোদ করত; এবং অস্ত্র ও শস্ত্রবিদ্যায় শিক্ষা নিয়ে, যা যথোচিত তা অধ্যবসায়ে অনুশীলন করত—যুদ্ধহস্তী, অশ্ব ও রথচালনার নিয়মে।
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FAQs
The verse sketches the kṣatriya ideal: recreation is permitted, but must be framed by discipline (vinaya) and readiness for protection of the realm.
Carita narrative; it supports Dharma instruction tangentially by portraying normative royal duties and training.
Weapons and vehicles can be read as instruments of controlled power; ‘vinaya’ is the key—power without discipline becomes adharma.