aká¹£auhiṇībhir vimÅ›atyÄ
tisá¹›bhiÅ› cÄpi saá¹vá¹›taḥ
yadu-rÄjadhÄnÄ«á¹ mathurÄá¹
nyarudhat sarvato diśam
aká¹£auhiṇībhiḥ - by aká¹£auhiṇī divisions (each consisting of 21,870 soldiers on elephants, 21,870 charioteers, 65,610 cavalrymen and 109,350 infantry soldiers); vimÅ›atyÄ - twenty; tisá¹›bhiḥ ca api - plus three; saá¹vá¹›taḥ - surrounded; yadu - of the dynasty of Yadu; rÄjadhÄnÄ«m - the royal capital; mathurÄm - MathurÄ; nyarudhat - he besieged; sarvataḥ diÅ›am - on all sides.
With a force of twenty-three aká¹£auhiṇī divisions, he laid siege to the Yadu capital, MathurÄ, on all sides.
The numbers involved in an akṣauhiṇī division are given in the word meanings. An akṣauhiṇī was a standard fighting force in ancient times.
