Shloka 7
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 193 — Hastināpura Mantra: Duryodhana’s Proposals to Divide the Pāṇḍavas
वर्माणि चर्माणि च भानुमन्ती खडगा महान्तो<श्वरथाश्न चित्रा: धनूंषि चाग्रयाणि शराश्न चित्रा: शक्त्यृष्टय:ः काउ्चनभूषणाश्व
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: varmāṇi carmāṇi ca bhānumantī khaḍgā mahānto ’śvarathāś ca citrāḥ dhanuṃṣi cāgrayāṇi śarāś ca citrāḥ śaktyṛṣṭayaḥ kāñcanabhūṣitāś ca.
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。そこには鎧と革の防具、光を放つ盾、大剣が蓄えられ、また見事な馬と戦車も備えられていた。さらに上等の弓と彩りある矢、金で飾られた槍と長槍が揃い、戦の具の宝庫として、戦いと権威の誇示のために余すところなく整えられていた。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Kṣatriya-world emphasis on readiness and the accumulation of martial resources; ethically, it hints at how power is materially supported and how conflict is enabled by deliberate preparation.
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) describes a store or collection of military equipment—armours, shields, swords, horses, chariots, bows, arrows, and gold-adorned spears—indicating organized preparation for warfare or a major martial undertaking.