Arthashastra · Chapter 10.5

pañca.dhanuḥ.śata.apakṛṣṭaṃ durgam avasthāpya yuddham upeyāt, bhūmi.vaśena vā //

vibhakta.mukhyām acakṣur.viṣaye mokṣayitvā senāṃ senā.pati.nāyakau vyūheyātām //

śama.antaraṃ pattiṃ sthāpayet, tri.śama.antaram aśvam, pañca.śama.antaraṃ rathaṃ hastinaṃ vā //

dvi.guṇa.antaraṃ tri.guṇa.antaraṃ vā vyūheta //

evaṃ yathā.sukham asambādhaṃ yudhyeta //

pañca.aratni dhanuḥ //

tasmin dhanvinaṃ sthāpayet, tri.dhanuṣy aśvam, pañca.dhanuṣi rathaṃ hastinaṃ vā //

pañca.dhanur anīka.saṃdhiḥ pakṣa.kakṣa.urasyānām //

aśvasya trayaḥ puruṣāḥ pratiyoddhāraḥ //

pañca.daśa rathasya hastino vā, pañca ca^aśvāḥ //

tāvantaḥ pāda.gopā vāji.ratha.dvipānāṃ vidheyāḥ //

trīṇi trikāṇy anīkaṃ rathānām urasyaṃ sthāpayet, tāvat kakṣaṃ pakṣaṃ ca^ubhayataḥ //

pañca.catvāriṃśad evaṃ rathā ratha.vyūhe bhavanti, dve śate pañca.viṃśatiś ca^aśvāḥ, ṣaṭ.śatāni pañca.saptatiś ca puruṣāḥ pratiyodhāraḥ, tāvantaḥ pāda.gopāḥ //

eṣa sama.vyūhaḥ //

tasya dvi.ratha.uttarā vṛddhir ā.eka.viṃśati.rathād iti //

evam ojā daśa sama.vyūha.prakṛtayo bhavanti //

pakṣa.kakṣa.urasyānāṃ mitho viṣama.saṃkhyāne viṣama.vyūhaḥ //

tasya^api dvi.ratha^uttarā vṛddhir ā.eka.viṃśati.rathād iti //

evam ojā daśa viṣama.vyūha.prakṛtayo bhavanti //

ataḥ sainyānāṃ vyūha.śeṣam āvāpaḥ kāryaḥ //

rathānāṃ dvau tri.bhāgāv aṅgeṣv āvāpayet, śeṣam urasyaṃ sthāpayet //

evaṃ tri.bhāga.ūno rathānām āvāpaḥ kāryaḥ //

tena hastinām aśvānām āvāpo vyākhyātaḥ //

yāvad.aśva.ratha.dvipānāṃ yuddha.sambādhanm na kuryāt tāvad āvāpaḥ kāryaḥ //

daṇḍa.bāhulyam āvāpaḥ //

patti.bāhulyaṃ pratyāpāvaḥ //

eka.aṅga.bāhulyam anvāvāpaḥ //

dūṣya.bāhulyam atyāvāpaḥ //

para.āvāpāt pratyāvāpāc ca catur.guṇād ā.aṣṭa.guṇād iti vā vibhavataḥ sainyānām āvāpaḥ //

ratha.vyūhena hasti.vyūho vyākhyātaḥ //

vyāmiśro vā hasti.ratha.aśvānāṃ - cakra.anteṣu hastinaḥ pārśvayor aśvā rathā urasye //

hastinām urasyaṃ rathānāṃ kakṣāv aśvānāṃ pakṣāv iti madhya.bhedī //

viparīto^anta.bhedī //

hastinām eva tu śuddhaḥ - sāmnāhyānām urasyam aupavāhyānāṃ jaghanaṃ vyālānāṃ koṭyāv iti //

aśva.vyūho - varmiṇām urasyaṃ śuddhānāṃ kakṣa.pakṣāv iti //

patti.vyūhaḥ - purastād āvaraṇinaḥ pṛṣṭhato dhanvinaḥ //

iti śuddhāḥ //

pattayaḥ pakṣayor aśvāḥ pārśvayoḥ hastinaḥ pṛṣṭhato rathāḥ purastāt, para.vyūha.vaśena vā viparyāsaḥ //

iti dvy.aṅga.bala.vibhāgaḥ //

tena tr.aṅga.bala.vibhāgo vyākhyātaḥ //

daṇḍa.sampat sāra.balaṃ puṃsāṃ

hasty.aśvayor viśeṣaḥ kulaṃ jātiḥ sattvaṃ vayaḥ.sthatā prāṇo varṣma javas tejaḥ śilpaṃ stairyam udagratā vidheyatvaṃ suvyañjana.ācāratā^iti //

patty.aśva.ratha.dvipānāṃ sāra.tri.bhāgam urasyaṃ sthāpayet, dvau tri.bhāgau kakṣaṃ pakṣaṃ ca^ubhayataḥ, anulomam anusāram, pratilomaṃ tṛtīya.sāram, phalgu pratilomam //

evaṃ sarvam upayogaṃ gamayet //

phalgu.balam anteṣv avadhāya vega.abhihūliko bhavati //

sāra.balam agrataḥ kṛtvā koṭīṣv anusāraṃ kuryāt, jaghane tṛtiyiya.sāram, madhye phalgu.balam //

evam etat sahiṣṇu bhavati //

vyūhaṃ tu sthāpayitvā pakṣa.kakṣa.urasyānām ekena dvābhyāṃ vā praharet, śeṣaiḥ pratigṛhṇīyāt //

yat parasya durbalaṃ vīta.hasty.aśvaṃ dūṣya.amātyaṃ kṛta.upajāpaṃ vā tat.prabhūta.sāreṇa^abhihanyāt //

yad vā parasya sāriṣṭhaṃ tad.dvi.guṇa.sāreṇa^abhihanyāt //

yad aṅgam alpa.sāram ātmanas tad bahunā^upacinuyāt //

yataḥ parasya^apacayas tato^abhyāśe vyūheta, yatot vā bhayaṃ syāt //

abhisṛtaṃ parisṛtam atisṛtam apasṛtam unmathya.avadhānaṃ valayo go.mūtrikā maṇḍalaṃ prakīrṇikā vyāvṛtta.pṛṣṭham anuvaṃśam agrataḥ pārśvābhyāṃ pṛṣṭhato bhagna.rakṣā bhagna.anupāta ity aśva.yuddhāni //

prakīrṇika.āvarjāny etāny eva caturṇām aṅgānāṃ vyasta.samastānāṃ vā ghātaḥ, pakṣa.kakṣa.urasyānāṃ ca prabhañjanam avaskandaḥ sauptikaṃ ca^iti hasit.yuddhāni //

unmathya.avadhāna.varjāny etāny eva sva.bhūmāv abhiyāna.apayāna.sthita.yuddhāni^iti ratha.yuddhāni //

sarva.deśa.kāla.praharaṇam upāṃśu.daṇḍaś ca^iti patti.yuddhāni //
KAZ10.5.57ab/ etena vidhinā vyūhān ojān yugmāṃś ca kārayet /
KAZ10.5.57cd/ vibhavo yāvad aṅgānāṃ caturṇāṃ sadṛśo bhavet //
KAZ10.5.58ab/ dve śate dhanuṣāṃ gatvā rājā tiṣṭhet pratigrahe /
KAZ10.5.58cd/ bhinna.saṃghātanaṃ tasmān na yudhyeta^apratigrahaḥ //E
(daṇḍa.bhoga.maṇḍala.asamhata.vyūha.vyūhanam - tasya prativyūha.sthānam)