मध्यमेन च गुल्मेन रक्षिता सारसंज्ञिता ॥
उत्क्षिप्तगुल्मैश् च तथा हयैश् चैव पदातिभिः ॥
आघोषितं च नगरे न पातव्या सुरेति ह ॥
प्रमादं परिरक्षद्भिर् उग्रसेनोद्धवादिभिः ॥
प्रमत्तेष्व् अभिघातं हि कुर्याच् छाल्वो नराधिपः ॥
इति कृत्वाप्रमत्तास् ते सर्वे वृष्ण्यन्धकाः स्थिताः ॥
आनर्ताश् च तथा सर्वे नटनर्तकगायनाः ॥
बहिर् विवासिताः सर्वे रक्षद्भिर् वित्तसंचयान् ॥
संक्रमा भेदिताः सर्वे नावश् च प्रतिषेधिताः ॥
परिखाश् चापि कौरव्य कीलैः सुनिचिताः कृताः ॥
उदपानाः कुरुश्रेष्ठ तथैवाप्य् अम्बरीषकाः ॥
समन्तात् क्रोशमात्रं च कारिता विषमा च भूः ॥
प्रकृत्या विषमं दुर्गं प्रकृत्या च सुरक्षितम् ॥
प्रकृत्या चायुधोपेतं विशेषेण तदानघ ॥
सुरक्षितं सुगुप्तं च सर्वायुधसमन्वितम् ॥
तत् पुरं भरतश्रेष्ठ यथेन्द्रभवनं तथा ॥
madhyamena ca gulmena rakṣitā sārasaṃjñitā ||
utkṣiptagulmaiś ca tathā hayaiś caiva padātibhiḥ ||
āghoṣitaṃ ca nagare na pātavyā sureti ha ||
pramādaṃ parirakṣadbhir ugrasenoddhavādibhiḥ ||
pramatteṣv abhighātaṃ hi kuryāc chālvo narādhipaḥ ||
iti kṛtvāpramattās te sarve vṛṣṇyandhakāḥ sthitāḥ ||
ānartāś ca tathā sarve naṭanartakagāyanāḥ ||
bahir vivāsitāḥ sarve rakṣadbhir vittasaṃcayān ||
saṃkramā bheditāḥ sarve nāvaś ca pratiṣedhitāḥ ||
parikhāś cāpi kauravya kīlaiḥ sunicitāḥ kṛtāḥ ||
udapānāḥ kuruśreṣṭha tathaivāpy ambarīṣakāḥ ||
samantāt krośamātraṃ ca kāritā viṣamā ca bhūḥ ||
prakṛtyā viṣamaṃ durgaṃ prakṛtyā ca surakṣitam ||
prakṛtyā cāyudhopetaṃ viśeṣeṇa tadānagha ||
surakṣitaṃ suguptaṃ ca sarvāyudhasamanvitam ||
tat puraṃ bharataśreṣṭha yathendrabhavanaṃ tathā ||
The city was guarded by the middle division, called Sara, as well as by advance detachments of cavalry and infantry. It was proclaimed in the city that no one should drink intoxicants: Ugrasena, Uddhava, and others guarded against carelessness, because Shalva would strike precisely at those who let down their guard. Actors, dancers, and singers were sent out of the city; the treasuries were guarded. Bridges were destroyed, boats forbidden, moats reinforced with stakes, wells and reservoirs brought under control, and the ground around the city made difficult to approach. Dvaraka, already impregnable, well defended, and well armed, then became like the abode of Indra.
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The enemy seeks not only a weak point in the wall but a weakness in awareness. So the first defensive measure is a ban on intoxication and diversion. When danger is real, devotion expresses itself as attentiveness.