Shloka 30
अध्याय ५६ — च्यवन–कुशिकसंवादः
Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Lineage, Conflict, and Transmission
सज्जीकुरु रथं क्षिप्रं यस्ते सांग्रामिको मतः । सायुथध: सपताकश्न शक्तीकनकयष्टिमान्
sajjīkuru rathaṁ kṣipraṁ yas te sāṅgrāmiko mataḥ | sāyudhāḥ sapatākāś ca śaktī-kanaka-yaṣṭimān ||
“राजन्! जो रथ तुम्हें संग्राम-योग्य प्रतीत हो, उसी को शीघ्र सज्जित कराओ। वह आयुधों से युक्त हो, उस पर पताका हो, शक्ति और सुवर्ण-दण्ड भी हो।”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes disciplined readiness and proper equipment in the performance of a ruler’s martial duty (kṣatriya-dharma): action should be prompt, orderly, and suited to one’s role, not careless or improvised.
Bhīṣma is instructing the king to quickly prepare a battle-worthy chariot, fully armed and marked with royal-military insignia (banner, spear, golden staff), indicating imminent movement toward a martial undertaking.