Text 30] Parasurama, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation 237

camiis tu prtanas tisras
camvas tisras tv anikini
anilanim dasa-gunam

Ghur aksauhinim budhah

aksauhinyas tu sankhyata
rathdnam dvija-sattamah

sankhyd-ganita-tattvajraih
sahasrany eka-virnsati

Satdny upari cdstau ca
bhiiyas tathd ca saptatih

gajanam tu parimanam
tavad evatra nirdiset

Jfieyam Sata-sahasram tu
sahasrani tathéd nava

naraénam adhi paricasac
chatani trini canaghah

parica-sasti-sahasrani
tathasvanam Satani ca

daSottardni sat cahur
yathdvad abhisankhyaya

etam aksauhinim prahuh
sarnkhyd-tattva-vido janah

“One chariot, one elephant, five infantry soldiers and three horses are
called a patti by those who are learned in the science. The wise also know
that a sendmukha is three times what a patti is. Three sendmukhas are
known as one gulma, three gulmas are called a gana, and three ganas are
called a wihini. Three vahinis have been referred to by the learned as a
prtana, three prtands equal one cami, and three camis equal one
anikini. The wise refer to ten anikinis as one aksauhini. The chariots of
an aksauhini have been calculated at 21,870 by those who know the
science of such calculations, O best of the twice-born, and the number of
