238 Srimad-Bhagavatam (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 aksauhini.”
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TAA SAM VAANT
Frraeett =| AARAATEAT: UA
yato yato ’sau praharat-parasvadho
mano-’nilaujah para-cakra-siidanah
tatas tatas chinna-bhujoru-kandhara
nipetur urvyam hata-siita-vahanah
yatah—wherever; yatah—wherever; asau—Lord Parasurama;
praharat—slashing; parasvadhah—being expert in using his weapon,
the parasu, or chopper; manah—like the mind; anila—like the wind;
ojah—being forceful; para-cakra—of the enemies’ military strength;
sidanah—killer; tatah—there; tatah—and there; chinna—scattered
and cut off; bhuja—arms; wdru—legs; kandharah—shoulders;
nipetuh—fell down; urvyam—on the ground; hata—killed; sita—
chariot drivers; vahanah—carrier horses and elephants.
TRANSLATION
Lord Parasurama, 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 [parasu]. 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 Parasurama proceeded into their
midst at the speed of mind to kill them. When somewhat tired, he slowed
