वैशंपायन उवाच
व्युषितायां रजन्यां तु राजा दुर्योधनस् ततः ॥
व्यभजत् तान्य् अनीकानि दश चैकं च भारत ॥
नरहस्तिरथाश्वानां सारं मध्यं च फल्गु च ॥
सर्वेष्व् एतेष्व् अनीकेषु संदिदेश महीपतिः ॥
सानुकर्षाः सतूणीराः सवरूथाः सतोमराः ॥
सोपासङ्गाः सशक्तीकाः सनिषङ्गाः सपोथिकाः ॥
सध्वजाः सपताकाश् च सशरासनतोमराः ॥
रज्जुभिश् च विचित्राभिः सपाशाः सपरिस्तराः ॥
सकचग्रहविक्षेपाः सतैलगुडवालुकाः ॥
साशीविषघटाः सर्वे ससर्जरसपांसवः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
vyuṣitāyāṃ rajanyāṃ tu rājā duryodhanas tataḥ ||
vyabhajat tāny anīkāni daśa caikaṃ ca bhārata ||
narahastirathāśvānāṃ sāraṃ madhyaṃ ca phalgu ca ||
sarveṣv eteṣv anīkeṣu saṃdideśa mahīpatiḥ ||
sānukarṣāḥ satūṇīrāḥ savarūthāḥ satomarāḥ ||
sopāsaṅgāḥ saśaktīkāḥ saniṣaṅgāḥ sapothikāḥ ||
sadhvajāḥ sapatākāś ca saśarāsanatomarāḥ ||
rajjubhiś ca vicitrābhiḥ sapāśāḥ saparistarāḥ ||
sakacagrahavikṣepāḥ satailaguḍavālukāḥ ||
sāśīviṣaghaṭāḥ sarve sasarjarasapāṃsavaḥ ||
Vaishampayana said: When the night had passed, King Duryodhana, O Bharata, divided his eleven armies. In all these battle divisions the lord of the earth apportioned the choicest, the middling, and the lesser part of the men, elephants, chariots, and horses. They were furnished with additional harness, quivers, protective coverings, tomaras, side quivers, javelins, sheathed swords, and maces; with banners, flags, bows, and throwing spears, with colorful ropes, nooses, and coverings; with devices for seizing and hurling by the hair, with oil, molasses, and sand, with pots of venomous snakes, and with resin and dust.
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This chapter shows the outward face of war: not a burst of anger, but a meticulously organized machine of violence. The detailed lists of weapons, supplies, chariots, elephants, horses, and units underscore the scale of the king's responsibility: when dharma is cast aside, the entire intelligence and order of the state comes to serve destruction.