Chapter 2 · Dvitīyo’dhyāyaḥ (Second Chapter)
Verse 43
अयुतानां शतैः षड्भिर्बाष्कलो युयुधे रणे। गजवाजिसहस्रौघैरनेकैः परिवारितः ॥ ४३ ॥
ayutānāṁ śataiḥ ṣaḍbhirbāṣkalō yuyudhē raṇē | gajavājisahasraughairanēkaiḥ parivāritaḥ || 43 ||
Translation
'Bāshkala fought in the battle with six hundred times ten thousand (6 million) troops, surrounded by many multitudes of thousands of elephants and horses.'
Word by word
- ayutānām
- of ten thousands
- śataiḥ
- with hundreds
- ṣaḍbhiḥ
- with six
- bāṣkalaḥ
- named Bāshkala
- yuyudhe
- fought
- raṇe
- in the battle
- gaja
- elephants
- vāji
- horses
- sahastra
- thousands
- oghaiḥ
- with multitudes
- anekaiḥ
- with many
- parivāritaḥ
- surrounded
Meaning
Another general, Bāshkala, is introduced with an army of six million, further accentuated by countless war-elephants and cavalry. The description 'surrounded by' highlights the layered, impenetrable might of the demonic legions.