Shloka 12
सैन्यसंनिवेशः (Sainyasaṃniveśaḥ) — Deployment, Omens, and Yuddha-Dharma Conventions
अभिश्ञानानि सर्वेषां संज्ञाक्षाभरणानि च । योजयामास कौरव्यो युद्धकाल उपस्थिते,तात! रातके समय युधिष्ठिरने उन सबके सोनेके लिये नाना प्रकारकी शय्याओंका भी प्रबन्ध कर दिया था। युद्धकाल उपस्थित होनेपर कुरुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरने सभी सैनिकोंके पहचानके लिये उन्हें भिन्न-भिन्न प्रकारके संकेत और आभूषण दे दिये थे, जिससे यह जान पड़े कि यह पाण्डवपक्षका सैनिक है
abhijñānāni sarveṣāṁ saṁjñākṣābharaṇāni ca | yojayāmāsa kauravyo yuddhakāla upasthite, tāta ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: When the time of war had arrived, the Kuru prince (Yudhiṣṭhira) arranged for all the troops distinctive marks of recognition—identifying signs and ornaments—so that each man could be known for who he was and to which side he belonged. In the looming violence of battle, this practical ordering serves the ethical aim of preventing confusion and misidentification among one’s own forces.
वैशग्पायन उवाच