Shloka 58

Kaurava Mobilization at Kurukṣetra (Duryodhana Orders War Preparations) / कुरुक्षेत्रे धार्तराष्ट्र-सैन्यसज्जा

Devanagari script

शकटापणवेशाश्व यानयुग्यं च सर्वश: । कोशं यन्त्रायुधं चैव ये च वैद्याश्विकित्सका:

Transliteration

śakaṭāpaṇa-veśāśva-yānayugyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | kośaṃ yantrāyudhaṃ caiva ye ca vaidyāśva-cikitsakāḥ ||

Translation

พร้อมกับพวกเขา เครื่องสนับสนุนกองทัพทุกประการก็เคลื่อนไปด้วย—เกวียนบรรทุกสัมภาระ เสบียงจากตลาดและเครื่องใช้ค่ายพัก ม้าและยานพาหนะที่พร้อมเทียม คลังทรัพย์ อาวุธกลไก และแพทย์ผู้ชำนาญการรักษาม้า

Word by Word

• शकट: cart/wagon
• शकट: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आपण: market/shop
• आपण: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वेश: camp/encampment; dwelling/attire (context: camp)
• वेश: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अश्वयानयुग्यम्: fit for horse-vehicles/chariots; harnessable for horse-transport
• अश्वयानयुग्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्व-यान-युग्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वशः: in every way; entirely; all kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

• कोशम्: treasury; store
• कोशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यन्त्रायुधम्: mechanical weapons/engines of war
• यन्त्रायुधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्त्र-आयुध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed; also; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ये: who/which (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वैद्याः: physicians
• वैद्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैद्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्वचिकित्सकाः: horse-doctors; veterinarians for horses
• अश्वचिकित्सकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व-चिकित्सक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• wagons/carts (śakaṭa)
• market/provisions (āpaṇa)
• camp-gear/tents (veśa)
• horses (aśva)
• vehicles for harnessing (yāna-yugya)
• treasury (kośa)
• mechanical weapons (yantrāyudha)
• physicians/veterinarians (vaidya, aśva-cikitsaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that large-scale conflict depends on disciplined organization—supplies, treasury, technology, and medical care—implying ethical responsibility in governance and warfare: leaders must account for the welfare and support systems that sustain an army, not merely valor in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the entourage moving together with the main force: carts, market provisions, camp equipment, horses and harnessed vehicles, the treasury, mechanical weapons, and specialists such as horse-doctors, indicating a fully provisioned march or mobilization.