भूमि वास वन विचयो अविषम तोय तीर्थ वात रश्मि ग्रहणं वीवध आसारयोर् घातो रक्षा वा विशुद्धिः स्थापना च बलस्य प्रसार वृद्धिर् बाहु उत्सारः पूर्व प्रहारो व्यावेशनं व्यावेधनम् आश्वासो ग्रहणं मोक्षणं मार्ग अनुसार विनिमयः कोश कुमार अभिहरणं जघन कोट्य् अभिघातो हीन अनुसारणम् अनुयानं समाज कर्म इत्य् अश्व कर्माणि ॥
Concentration on occupied positions, in camps and forests; holding the ropes (of beasts and other things) while crossing the rivers or when the wind is blowing hard; destruction or protection of the commissariat and of troops arriving afresh; supervision of the discipline of the army; lengthening the line of the army; protecting the sides of the army; first attack; dispersion (of the enemy's army); trampling it down; defence; seizing; letting it out; causing the army to take a different direction; carrying the treasury and the princes; falling against the rear of the enemy; chasing the timid; pursuit; and concentration--these constitute the work of horses.
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