Sutra 53

Devanagari script

अभिसृतं परिसृतमतिसृतमपसृतमुन्मथ्यावधानं वलयो गोमूत्रिका मण्डलं प्रकीर्णिका व्यावृत्तपृष्ठमनुवंशमग्रतः पार्श्वाभ्यां पृष्ठतो भग्नरक्षा भग्नानुपात इत्यश्वयुद्धानि ॥ कZ_१०.५.५३ ॥

Transliteration

abhisṛtaṃ parisṛtamatisṛtamapasṛtamunmathyāvadhānaṃ valayo gomūtrikā maṇḍalaṃ prakīrṇikā vyāvṛttapṛṣṭhamanuvaṃśamagrataḥ pārśvābhyāṃ pṛṣṭhato bhagnarakṣā bhagnānupāta ityaśvayuddhāni

Translation

हे अश्वयुद्धाचे प्रकार—अभिसृत (सरळ पुढे धाव), परिसृत (घेरून हालचाल), अतिसृत (अतिपसरट झडप), अपसृत (माघार), उन्मथ्यावधान (गोंधळ/विघ्नाचा बहाणा करून पुन्हा सावध लक्ष देत हल्ला), वलय-रचना, गोमूत्रिका (सर्पिल/वाकडी-तिकडी चाल), मण्डल (वर्तुळ) रचना, प्रकीर्णिका (विखुरलेली) रचना, व्यावृत्तपृष्ठ (पाठ फिरवून/मागे तोंड करून) डाव, अनुवंश (शत्रूच्या रेषेचा पाठपुरावा), अग्रतः (समोरून), पार्श्वाभ्यां (बाजूंनी), पृष्ठतः (मागून) आक्रमण, भग्नरक्षा (रक्षणभेद), आणि भग्नानुपात (रक्षण तुटल्यावर पाठलाग)।

Word by Word

अभिसृतम्(formation/movement) ‘advancing/closing in’

परिसृतम्‘circling/encircling movement’

अतिसृतम्‘overpassing/going beyond’

अपसृतम्‘withdrawing/retreating’

उन्मथ्य‘having churned up/disordered’

अवधानम्‘a tactical disposition/holding (formation)’

वलयः‘ring (circular) formation’

गोमूत्रिका‘gomūtrikā’ (a looping/curved tactical formation)

मण्डलम्‘circle formation’

प्रकीर्णिका‘scattered formation’

व्यावृत्तपृष्ठम्‘with the rear turned about / about-facing’

अनुवंशम्‘in succession/in a file (following the line)’

अग्रतः‘in front/forward’

पार्श्वाभ्याम्‘from/with the two flanks (sides)’

पृष्ठतः‘from behind/at the rear’

भग्नरक्षा‘broken defense/guard’

भग्नानुपातः‘pursuit of a broken (routed) force’

इति‘thus’

अश्वयुद्धानि‘cavalry tactics/formations’

Entities Mentioned

aśva (cavalry)

FAQs

Why list many named cavalry maneuvers?

It standardizes a tactical vocabulary for commanders, enabling rapid orders and consistent training across units.