Devanagari script देवपितृपूजादानार्थं स्वस्तिवाचनमन्तःपुरं महानसम् दूतप्रावर्तिमं कोष्ठागारमायुधागारम् पण्यगृहं कुप्यगृहं कर्मान्तो विष्टिः पत्त्यश्वरथद्विपपरिग्रहो गोमण्डलम् पशुमृगपक्षिव्यालवाटाः काष्ठतृणवाटाश्चेति व्ययशरीरम् ॥ कZ_०२.६.११ ॥
Transliteration devapitṛpūjādānārthaṃ svastivācanamantaḥpuraṃ mahānasam dūtaprāvartimaṃ koṣṭhāgāramāyudhāgāram paṇyagṛhaṃ kupyagṛhaṃ karmānto viṣṭiḥ pattyaśvarathadvipaparigraho gomaṇḍalam paśumṛgapakṣivyālavāṭāḥ kāṣṭhatṛṇavāṭāśceti vyayaśarīram
Translation ‘व्यय-शरीर’मध्ये हे खर्च येतात—देव व पितृपूजा व दान; स्वस्तिवाचन; अंतःपुर; महानस (राजस्वयंपाकघर); दूत-प्रावर्तिम (दूतकार्य/कुरिअर व्यवस्था); कोष्ठागार; आयुधागार; पण्यगृह; कुप्यगृह; कर्मान्त (राज्य कार्यशाळा); विष्टि (बेगार); पायदळ, घोडे, रथ व हत्ती यांचा परिग्रह (देखभाल); गोमण्डल; पशु, मृग, पक्षी व व्याल यांचे वाडे; तसेच काष्ठ व तृण यांचे साठे।
Word by Word देवपितृपूजादानार्थम् for the purpose of worship of the gods and ancestors and for giving (charitable gifts) स्वस्तिवाचनम् auspicious recitation; benediction अन्तःपुरम् inner palace; harem quarters महानसम् great kitchen; royal kitchen दूतप्रावर्तिम् operations/maintenance of envoys and messengers कोष्ठागारम् storehouse; warehouse आयुधागारम् armoury; weapons storehouse पण्यगृहम् merchandise-house; trading depot कुप्यगृहम् storehouse for valuable movables/commodities (kupya) कर्मान्तः workshop; manufacturing establishment विष्टिः corvée; forced labour पत्त्यश्वरथद्विपपरिग्रहः the establishment/maintenance of foot-soldiers, horses, chariots, and elephants गोमण्डलम् cattle enclosure; cattle establishment पशुमृगपक्षिव्यालवाटाः enclosures/pens for cattle/animals, deer/game, birds, and wild beasts काष्ठतृणवाटाः enclosures/yards for wood and grass/fodder इति thus; so (marking the end of the list) व्ययशरीरम् the corpus/structure (lit. ‘body’) of expenditure Entities Mentioned D
Diplomatic corps/messengers W
Warehousing and granaries A
Army branches (infantry, cavalry, chariots, elephants) More Details FAQs They function as legitimacy and social-stability spending—publicly visible acts that reinforce authority, cohesion, and compliance.
It frames the state as a production-and-logistics system: procurement, storage, manufacturing, and distribution are core budgetary commitments.
