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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 15]
elephants is the same. The number of infantry soldiers is 109,350, and the number of horses is 65,610. This is called an  akṣauhiṇī .”
TEXT 31
यतो यतोऽसौ प्रहरत्परश्वधो मनोऽनिलौजाः परचक्रसदनः । ततस्ततश्छिन्नभुजोरुकन्धरा निपेतुरुव्यां हतस्रतवाहनाः ॥३१॥
yato yato 'sau praharat-paraśvadho mano-'nilaujāḥ para-cakra-sūdanaḥ tatas tataś chinna-bhujoru-kandharā nipetur urvyām hata-sūta-vāhanāḥ
yataḥ—wherever; yataḥ—wherever; asau—Lord Paraśurāma; praharat—slashing; paraśvadhaḥ—being expert in using his weapon, the paraśu, or chopper; manaḥ—like the mind; anila—like the wind; ojāḥ—being forceful; para-cakra—of the enemies’ military strength; sūdanaḥ—killer; tataḥ—there; tataḥ—and there; chinna—scattered and cut off; bhuja—arms; ūru—legs; kandharāḥ—shoulders; nipetuḥ—fell down; urvyām—on the ground; hata—killed; sūta—chariot drivers; vāhanāḥ—carrier horses and elephants.
TRANSLATION
Lord Paraśurāma, being expert in killing the military strength of the enemy, worked with the speed of the mind and the wind, slicing his enemies with his chopper [paraśu]. Wherever he went, the enemies fell, their legs, arms and shoulders being severed, their chariot drivers killed, and their carriers, the elephants and horses all annihilated.
PURPORT
In the beginning, when the army of the enemy was full of fighting soldiers, elephants and horses, Lord Paraśurāma proceeded into their midst at the speed of mind to kill them. When somewhat tired, he slowed