Shloka 61

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

Devanagari script

कृत्वा मूलप्रतीकारं गुल्मै: स्थावरजड़मै: । स्कन्धावारेण महता प्रययु: पाण्डुनन्दना:,पाण्डवलोग दुर्गकी रक्षाके लिये आवश्यक स्थावर (परकोटे और खाईं आदि) तथा जंगम (पहरेदार सैनिकोंकी नियुक्ति आदि) उपायोंद्वारा स्त्रियों और धन आदिकी सुरक्षाकी समुचित व्यवस्था करके बहुत-से खेमे और तम्बू आदि साथ लेकर प्रस्थित हुए

Transliteration

kṛtvā mūlapratīkāraṃ gulmaiḥ sthāvarajaḍamaiḥ | skandhāvāreṇa mahatā prayayuḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：般度诸子先行布置根本的防护之策——既有固定不动的防御工事，亦有机动巡守的安排——又集结起宏大的营寨，然后方才启程。此偈强调审慎的治政：在迁动或交兵之前，须以周密的设防与警醒的组织，先护民众与资财周全。

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'kṛtvā', 'meaning': 'having done

• having made'}, {'term': 'mūla-pratīkāram', 'meaning': 'basic/primary countermeasures

• essential protective arrangements'}, {'term': 'gulmaiḥ', 'meaning': 'by gulmas

• also tactical detachments or defensive posts (context-dependent)'}, {'term': 'sthāvara', 'meaning': 'immovable

• fixed (e.g., walls, ramparts, moats)'}, {'term': 'jaḍa', 'meaning': 'inert

• rigid (here reinforcing the sense of fixed defenses)'}, {'term': 'skandhāvāreṇa', 'meaning': 'with an army-camp/encampment

• with the baggage-train and camp establishment'}, {'term': 'mahatā', 'meaning': 'great

• extensive'}, {'term': 'prayayūḥ', 'meaning': 'they departed

• they set forth'}, {'term': 'pāṇḍu-nandanāḥ', 'meaning': 'sons of Pāṇḍu

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍunandanāḥ (the Pāṇḍavas)
• skandhāvāra (army encampment)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Responsible leadership requires securing dependents and resources through essential protective measures—both fixed defenses and organized mobile vigilance—before undertaking major action such as travel or war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Pāṇḍavas, after arranging necessary defenses and organizing a large camp with supplies and tents, depart—indicating a transition into organized military movement and readiness.