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.
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Doon ay nakalagak ang mga baluti at mga pananggalang na yari sa balat, mga kalasag na kumikislap, at malalaking espada; gayundin ang mariringal na kabayo at mga karwaheng pandigma. Kasama pa ang mahuhusay na busog at mga palasong sari-sari ang anyo, at mga sibat at lansang may palamuting ginto—isang naipong kayamanan ng kagamitang pangdigma, ganap na inihanda para sa labanan at sa pagpapamalas ng kapangyarihan.
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.