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