O best of Brahmanas, the eighteen Akshauhinis of the Kurus and the Pandava soldiers were composed according to this count.
एतया संख्यया ह्यासन्कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः। अक्षौहिण्यो द्विजश्रेष्ठाः पिण्डिताष्टादशैव तु॥