Sutra 43
बलीवर्दानां नस्याश्वभद्रगतिवाहिनां यवसस्यार्धभारस्तृणस्य द्विगुणम् तुला घाणपिण्याकस्य दशाढकं कणकुण्डकस्य पञ्चपलिकं मुखलवनम् तैलकुडुबो नस्यं प्रस्थः पानं मांसतुला दध्नश्चाढकम् यवद्रोणं माषाणां वा पुलाकः क्षीरद्रोणमर्धाढकं वा सुरायाः स्नेहप्रस्थः क्षारदशपलं शृङ्गिबेरपलं च प्रतिपानम् ॥ कZ_०२.२९.४३ ॥
balīvardānāṃ nasyāśvabhadra-gati-vāhināṃ yavasasyārdhabhāras tṛṇasya dviguṇam, tulā ghāṇapiṇyākasya daśāḍhakaṃ, kaṇakuṇḍakasya pañcapalikaṃ, mukhalavanam; tailakuḍubo nasyaṃ, prasthaḥ pānaṃ, māṃsatulā, dadhnaś cāḍhakam; yavadroṇaṃ māṣāṇāṃ vā pulākaḥ; kṣīradroṇam ardha-āḍhakaṃ vā surāyāḥ; snehaprasthaḥ, kṣāradaśapalaṃ, śṛṅgiberapalaṃ ca pratipānam
For working bullocks and well-bred horses used for speed and transport, the ration/provisioning is as follows: half-bhāra of yava fodder and double that quantity of grass; one tulā of piṇyāka (oil-cake/pressed residue) with ten āḍhaka measures; five palika of kaṇa/kuṇḍaka with mouth-salt; a kuḍuba of oil as nasal medication; a prastha as drink; one tulā of meat and one āḍhaka of curd; one droṇa of barley—or alternatively a pulāka preparation of māṣa; one droṇa of milk, or half an āḍhaka of surā; one prastha of ghee/fat; and, as a post-drink remedial measure, ten pala of alkali and one pala of śṛṅgibera (dry ginger).
FAQs
It creates enforceable standards, reduces corruption in provisioning, and links animal performance to accountable inputs.
Because animal health is treated as a state asset: preventive and remedial care is embedded into logistics rather than left to ad hoc decisions.