ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
akṣauhiṇya iti proktaṁ yattvayā sūtanandana
etadicchāmahe śrotuṁ sarvameva yathātatham
Ṛṣis said:
We wish to know, O son of Suta, all about Akṣauhiṇī, which you have mentioned to us.
akṣauhiṇyāḥ parīmāṇaṁ narāśvarathadantinām
yathāvaccaiva no brūhi sarvaṁ hi viditaṁ tava
Tell us the numbers of foot soldiers, horses, chariots, elephants, which form an Akṣauhiṇī, for yoy know everything.
sautiruvāca
eko ratho gajaścaiko narāḥ pañca padātayaḥ
trayaśca turagāstajjaiḥ pattirityabhidhīyate
Sauti said:
One chariot and one elephant, 5 foot soldiers and 3 horse men form one Patti.
pattiṁ tu triguṇāmetāmāhuḥ senāmukhaṁ budhāḥ
trīṇi senāmukhānyeko gulma ityabhidhīyate
3 Pattis make one Senāmukha, 3 Senāmukhas make one Gulma.
trayo gulmā gaṇo nāma vāhinī tu gaṇāstrayaḥ
smṛtāstisrastu vāhinyaḥ pṛtaneti vicakṣaṇaiḥ
3 Gulmas make one Gaṇa, 3 Gaṇas make one Vāhinī. 3 Vāhinīs make one Pṛtana.
catustu pṛtanāstisrastisraścamvastvanīkinī
anīkinī daśaguṇā prāhirakṣauhiṇīṁbudhāḥ
3 Pṛtanās make one Camū, 3 amūs make one Anīkinī and 10 Anīkinīs are called by the learned as one Akṣauhiṇī.
