O best of Brahmanas, mathematicians have calculated that there are twenty one thousand eight hundred and seventy chariots in an Akshauhini. The number of elephants is also the same.
अक्षौहिण्याः प्रसंख्याता रथानां द्विजसत्तमाः। संख्यागणितत्त्वज्ञैःसहस्राण्येकविंशतिः॥ शतान्युपरिचैवाष्टौ तथा भूयश्च सप्ततिः। गजानां च परीमाणमेतदेव विनिर्दिशेत्॥