तेद् एव सेना पतिः सर्व युद्ध प्रहरण विद्या विनीतो हस्त्य् अश्व रथ चर्या संघुष्टश् चतुर् अङ्गस्य बलस्य अनुष्ठान अधिष्ठानं विद्यात् ॥
He shall also know the fitness or unfitness of troops on emergent occasions. With an eye to the position which the entire army (chaturangabala) trained in the skillful handling of all kinds of weapons and in leading elephants, horses, and chariots have occupied and to the emergent call for which they ought to be ready, the commander-in-chief shall be so capable as to order either advance or retreat (áyogamayógam cha).
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