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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।


Cakraśakaṭa, Śakaṭa  : m.: Name of a vyūha (a particular arrangement of the army; also called for short Śakaṭa ) 7. 63. 26, 28; 7. 65. 2; 7. 53. 27.


A. Description: Constituetd of a concentration of many chariots, foot-soldiers, horses, and elephants; the vyūha looked like an agitated sea; it appeared as if it could swallow the entire earth with mountains, oceans and forests, and different peoples (janapada); it was capable of striking terror in the hearts of the enemies 7. 63. 31-33; called mahāvyūha (7. 63. 24); it was twelve gavyūtis long and five gavyūtis wide in the rear half (7. 63. 21).


B. Arrangement: In the interior of the rear half, a section of the army was arranged to form Padmavyūha which was difficult to penetrate (paścārdhe tasya padmas tu garbhavyūhaḥ sudurbhidaḥ 7. 63. 23; 7. 53. 27; concealed (gūḍhaḥ) within the Padmavyūha there was yet another vyūha known as Sūcī 7. 63. 23; at the entrance (mukha) of the main Cakraśakaṭavyūha stood Droṇa himself with the king of the Bhojas to offer protection to him 7. 63. 28-29; in the front of all the army divisions (agraṭaḥ sarvasainyānām 7. 63. 19) stood Durmarṣaṇa, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, with a thousand and five hundred fierce elephants mounted by skilled fighters; Durmarṣaṇa was accompanied by his brothers Duḥśāsana and Vikarṇa (they were agrānīke vyavasthitau) to guard the interests of Jayadratha 7. 63. 19-20; at the entrance (mukha) of the Sūcīvyūha stood ready Kṛtavarman, followed by the Kāmbhoja king and king Jalasandha; they were supported by Duryodhana and his ministers (sahāmātyaḥ 7. 63. 25); behind them all were stationed, to protect the Sūcivyūha, hundreds and thousands of warriors who would never turn back while fighting (yodhānām anivartinām 7. 63. 26); behind them, at the position of the ‘eye of the needle’ (sūcipāśe) of the Sūcīvyūha stood Jayadratha surrounded by a large force 7. 63. 27; 7. 53. 27; he was guarded by six principal warriors, Saumadatti (Bhūriśravas), Karṇa, Aśvatthāman, Śalya, Vṛṣasena, Kṛpa, with a force consisting of a hundred thousand horsemen, six ayutas of chariotfighters, fourteen thousand elephant-riders, and twentyone thousand foot-soldiers; the place where Jayadratha was stationed was at a distance of three gavyūtis from the main battle front where Droṇa stood guard 7. 63. 11-14; 7. 53. 26, 28.


C. Purpose: The vyūha was designed by Droṇa on the 14th day of the war to save Jayadratha from being killed by Arjuna 7. 63. 21, 22, 24, 15.


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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।


Cakraśakaṭa, Śakaṭa  : m.: Name of a vyūha (a particular arrangement of the army; also called for short Śakaṭa ) 7. 63. 26, 28; 7. 65. 2; 7. 53. 27.


A. Description: Constituetd of a concentration of many chariots, foot-soldiers, horses, and elephants; the vyūha looked like an agitated sea; it appeared as if it could swallow the entire earth with mountains, oceans and forests, and different peoples (janapada); it was capable of striking terror in the hearts of the enemies 7. 63. 31-33; called mahāvyūha (7. 63. 24); it was twelve gavyūtis long and five gavyūtis wide in the rear half (7. 63. 21).


B. Arrangement: In the interior of the rear half, a section of the army was arranged to form Padmavyūha which was difficult to penetrate (paścārdhe tasya padmas tu garbhavyūhaḥ sudurbhidaḥ 7. 63. 23; 7. 53. 27; concealed (gūḍhaḥ) within the Padmavyūha there was yet another vyūha known as Sūcī 7. 63. 23; at the entrance (mukha) of the main Cakraśakaṭavyūha stood Droṇa himself with the king of the Bhojas to offer protection to him 7. 63. 28-29; in the front of all the army divisions (agraṭaḥ sarvasainyānām 7. 63. 19) stood Durmarṣaṇa, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, with a thousand and five hundred fierce elephants mounted by skilled fighters; Durmarṣaṇa was accompanied by his brothers Duḥśāsana and Vikarṇa (they were agrānīke vyavasthitau) to guard the interests of Jayadratha 7. 63. 19-20; at the entrance (mukha) of the Sūcīvyūha stood ready Kṛtavarman, followed by the Kāmbhoja king and king Jalasandha; they were supported by Duryodhana and his ministers (sahāmātyaḥ 7. 63. 25); behind them all were stationed, to protect the Sūcivyūha, hundreds and thousands of warriors who would never turn back while fighting (yodhānām anivartinām 7. 63. 26); behind them, at the position of the ‘eye of the needle’ (sūcipāśe) of the Sūcīvyūha stood Jayadratha surrounded by a large force 7. 63. 27; 7. 53. 27; he was guarded by six principal warriors, Saumadatti (Bhūriśravas), Karṇa, Aśvatthāman, Śalya, Vṛṣasena, Kṛpa, with a force consisting of a hundred thousand horsemen, six ayutas of chariotfighters, fourteen thousand elephant-riders, and twentyone thousand foot-soldiers; the place where Jayadratha was stationed was at a distance of three gavyūtis from the main battle front where Droṇa stood guard 7. 63. 11-14; 7. 53. 26, 28.


C. Purpose: The vyūha was designed by Droṇa on the 14th day of the war to save Jayadratha from being killed by Arjuna 7. 63. 21, 22, 24, 15.


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