And that army, numbering an Akshauhini when it became incorporated with Yudhishthira's army, vanished as it were, O king, as does a small river when it falls into the sea.
अक्षौहिणी तु सा सेना तदा यौधिष्ठिरं बलम्। प्रविश्यान्तर्दधे राजन् सागरं कुनदी यथा॥