Sutra 42

Devanagari script

तेषां प्रदरं दृढकेन घातयेत्दृढकमसह्येन श्येनं चापेन प्रतिष्ठं सुप्रतिष्ठेन संजयं विजयेन स्थूणाकर्णं विशालविजयेन पारिपतन्तकं सर्वतोभद्रेण ॥ कZ_१०.६.४२ ॥

Transliteration

teṣāṃ pradaraṃ dṛḍhakena ghātayet dṛḍhakam asahyena śyenaṃ cāpena pratiṣṭhaṃ supratiṣṭhena saṃjayaṃ vijayena sthūṇākarṇaṃ viśālavijayena pāripatantakaṃ sarvatobhadreṇa

Translation

Against these: one should strike the ‘Pradara’ with the ‘Dṛḍhaka’; the ‘Dṛḍhaka’ with the ‘Asahya’; the ‘Śyena’ with the ‘Cāpa’; the ‘Pratiṣṭha’ with the ‘Supratiṣṭha’; the ‘Saṃjaya’ with the ‘Vijaya’; the ‘Sthūṇākarṇa’ with the ‘Viśālavijaya’; and the ‘Pāripatantaka’ with the ‘Sarvatobhadra’.

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them / their

प्रदरम्Pradara (name of a hostile leader)

दृढकेनby Dṛḍhaka (proper name)

घातयेत्should cause to be slain / should have killed

दृढकम्Dṛḍhaka (as the target)

असह्येनby Asahya (proper name)

श्येनम्Śyena (name)

चand

आपेनby Āpa (proper name)

प्रतिष्ठम्Pratiṣṭha (name)

सुप्रतिष्ठेनby Supratiṣṭha (proper name)

संजयम्Saṃjaya (name)

विजयेनby Vijaya (proper name)

स्थूणाकर्णम्Sthūṇākarṇa (name; lit. 'pillar-eared')

विशालविजयेनby Viśālavijaya (name; 'great-victory')

पारिपतन्तकम्Pāripatantaka (name)

सर्वतोभद्रेणby Sarvatobhadra (name; 'auspicious on all sides')

Entities Mentioned

Pradara

Dṛḍhaka

Asahya

Śyena

Cāpa

Pratiṣṭha

Supratiṣṭha

Saṃjaya

Vijaya

Sthūṇākarṇa

Viśālavijaya

Pāripatantaka

Sarvatobhadra

FAQs

What is the administrative value of listing fixed counters to formations?

It converts tactical choice into a teachable doctrine: commanders can rapidly select a response under uncertainty, improving coordination and reducing ad-hoc errors.