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clubs; asi—with swords; bana—with arrows; rsti—with the weapons
called rstis; sataghni—with weapons called sataghnis; saktibhih—with
weapons called saktis; aksauhinth—whole groups of aksauhinis; sapta-
dasSa—seventeen; ati-bhisandh—very fierce; tah—all of them;
ramah—Lord Parasurama; ekah—alone; bhagavan—the Supreme Per-

sonality of Godhead; asidayat—killed.

TRANSLATION

Upon seeing Parasurama, Kartaviryarjuna immediately feared
him and sent many elephants, chariots, horses and infantry
soldiers equipped with clubs, swords, arrows, rstis, Sataghnis,
Saktis, and many similar weapons to fight against him. Karta-
viryarjuna sent seventeen full aksauhinis of soldiers to check
Parasurama. But Lord Parasurama alone killed all of them.

PURPORT

The word aksauhini refers to a military phalanx consisting of 21,870
chariots and elephants, 109,350 infantry soldiers and 65,610 horses. An
exact description is given in the Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Second
Chapter, as follows:

eko ratho gajas caikah
narah parca padatayah

trayas ca turagas taj-jnaih
pattir ity abhidhiyate

pattim tu trigundm etam
viduh senamukham budhéh
trini sendmukhany eko
gulma ity adhidhiyate

trayo gulma gano néma
vahini tu ganas trayah

Srutds tisras tu vahinyah
prtaneti vicaksanaih
