Devanagari scriptदेवपितृपूजादानार्थं स्वस्तिवाचनमन्तःपुरं महानसम् दूतप्रावर्तिमं कोष्ठागारमायुधागारम् पण्यगृहं कुप्यगृहं कर्मान्तो विष्टिः पत्त्यश्वरथद्विपपरिग्रहो गोमण्डलम् पशुमृगपक्षिव्यालवाटाः काष्ठतृणवाटाश्चेति व्ययशरीरम् ॥ कZ_०२.६.११ ॥
Transliterationdevapitṛpūjādānārthaṃ svastivācanamantaḥpuraṃ mahānasam dūtaprāvartimaṃ koṣṭhāgāramāyudhāgāram paṇyagṛhaṃ kupyagṛhaṃ karmānto viṣṭiḥ pattyaśvarathadvipaparigraho gomaṇḍalam paśumṛgapakṣivyālavāṭāḥ kāṣṭhatṛṇavāṭāśceti vyayaśarīram
Translation‘ਵਿਆਯ-ਸ਼ਰੀਰ’ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਖਰਚੇ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹਨ—ਦੇਵ ਅਤੇ ਪਿਤ੍ਰ-ਪੂਜਾ ਤੇ ਦਾਨ; ਸਵਸਤੀਵਾਚਨ; ਅੰਤಃਪੁਰ; ਮਹਾਨਸ (ਰਾਜਸੀ ਰਸੋਈ); ਦੂਤ-ਪ੍ਰਾਵਰਤਿਮ (ਦੂਤਕਾਰੀ/ਕੂਰੀਅਰ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧ); ਕੋਸ਼ਠਾਗਾਰ; ਆਯੁਧਾਗਾਰ; ਪਣ੍ਯਗ੍ਰਿਹ; ਕੁਪ੍ਯਗ੍ਰਿਹ; ਕਰਮਾਂਤ (ਰਾਜ ਕਾਰਖਾਨੇ/ਵਰਕਸ਼ਾਪ); ਵਿਸ਼ਟੀ (ਬੇਗਾਰ); ਪੈਦਲ, ਘੋੜੇ, ਰਥ ਅਤੇ ਹਾਥੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਦੇਖਭਾਲ/ਪਰਿਗ੍ਰਹ; ਗੋਮੰਡਲ; ਪਸ਼ੂ, ਮ੍ਰਿਗ, ਪੰਛੀ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਆਲਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਾੜੇ; ਅਤੇ ਕਾਠ ਤੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਣ ਦੇ ਭੰਡਾਰ।
Word by Wordदेवपितृपूजादानार्थम्for the purpose of worship of the gods and ancestors and for giving (charitable gifts) स्वस्तिवाचनम्auspicious recitation; benediction अन्तःपुरम्inner palace; harem quarters महानसम्great kitchen; royal kitchen दूतप्रावर्तिम्operations/maintenance of envoys and messengers कोष्ठागारम्storehouse; warehouse आयुधागारम्armoury; weapons storehouse पण्यगृहम्merchandise-house; trading depot कुप्यगृहम्storehouse for valuable movables/commodities (kupya) कर्मान्तःworkshop; manufacturing establishment विष्टिःcorvée; forced labour पत्त्यश्वरथद्विपपरिग्रहःthe establishment/maintenance of foot-soldiers, horses, chariots, and elephants गोमण्डलम्cattle enclosure; cattle establishment पशुमृगपक्षिव्यालवाटाःenclosures/pens for cattle/animals, deer/game, birds, and wild beasts काष्ठतृणवाटाःenclosures/yards for wood and grass/fodder इतिthus; so (marking the end of the list) व्ययशरीरम्the corpus/structure (lit. ‘body’) of expenditure Entities MentionedD
Diplomatic corps/messengersW
Warehousing and granariesA
Army branches (infantry, cavalry, chariots, elephants) 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.
