अहो मे पश्यताज्ञानं हृदि रूढं दुरात्मनः ।
पारक्यस्यैव देहस्य बह्व्यो मेऽक्षौहिणीर्हताः ॥४८॥

aho me paÅ›yatÄjñÄnaá¹
há¹›di rÅ«á¸haá¹ durÄtmanaḥ
pÄrakyasyaiva dehasya
bahvyo me 'ká¹£auhiṇīr hatÄḥ


Text

Oh! Look at the ignorance spread over my evil heart. Just for my body which is fit for the jackals’ food, I have killed many armies.

Purport

For my body which is food for dogs and jackals (parakyasya) I have killed many aksauhinis. Vyasa has described the aksauhini.

aksauhini prasamkhyata rathanam dvija-sattamah |
samkhya-ganana-tattva-jnaih sahasrany eka-vimsatih ||
satany upari caivastau tatha bhuyas ca saptatih |
gajanam ca prasamkhyanam etad eva prakirtitam ||
jneyam sata-sahasram tu sahasrani navaiva tu |
naranam api pancasacchatani trini caiva hi ||
panca-sasthi-sahasrani tathasvanam satani ca |
dasottarani sat prahuh samkhya-tattva-vido janah |
etam aksauhinim prahur yathavad iha samkhyaya ||

O best of the brahmanas! Those who understand counting know that an aksauhini consists of 21,870 chariots and the same number of elephants. It has 109,350 foot soldiers. It has 65,610 horses.