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ON THE ARMY ORGANISATION 



99. Madhyaparsvantagau dvau dvau kramat krsnau sad- 

 abdatah ; 



navaniabdat krarnat pltau tan sitau dvadasabdatah. 



100. Dasapancabdatah tau tu kacabhau kramatah smrtau 

 astadasabdatah tau hi madhvabhau bhavatah kramat, 



101. Sankhabhau caikavimsabdat caturvirhsabdatah sada 

 chidram sancalanam pato dantanam ca trike trike. 



102. Prothe suvalayastisrah purnayuryasya vajinah, 

 yatha yatha tu hlnasta hlnam ayustatha tatba. 



103., Janutpato tvosthavadyo dhutaprstho jalasanah 

 gatimadhyasanab prstbapati pascadgamordhvapat. 



104. Sarpajihvo ruksakantirbhirurasvo'tininditali, 

 sacchidrapbalatilako nindya asrayakrt tatba. 



99. from tbe sixtb year tbe two middle, side and end teetb 

 become gradually black, each pair becomes in its turn 

 yellow from the ninth year ; and white from the 

 twelfth year. 



100. From the fifteenth year each pair is said to become in 



its turn glass-coloured, from the eighteenth each pair 

 becomes by degrees honey- coloured ; 



101. from the twenty-first year each pair becomes shell-coloured, 



from the twenty -fourth each pair becomes in each third 

 year hollow (24th-26th year), shaky (27th-29th), and 

 falls out (30th-32nd). 



102. The horse which has three deep wrinkles in the nostrils has 



a long life ; in proportion as the wrinkles are deficient 

 the life is also limited. 



103. A horse which jumps up on its knees, makes a noise with its 



lips ; sits down in water, stands still in the midst of the 

 road, falls on its back, jumps upwards while going 

 backwards, 



104. which has a tongue like a serpent, is of disagreeable colour, 



and timid is much despised ; despised is also a horse 

 whose mark on the forehead has flaws and which stands 

 often still. 



