| UDYOG PARV MAHABHARAT BOOK 5 CHAPTER 19 Mahabharat
Book 5 Chapter 19 : English
Who joined Yudhishthir for war: And similarly, the powerful chief of the Chedis, Dhrishtaketu, accompanied by an Akshauhini, came to the sons of Pandu of immeasurable strength. And the king of Magadh, Jayatsen of great strength, brought with him for Yudhishthir an Akshauhini of troops. And similarly, Pandya, who dwelt on the coast-land near the sea, came accompanied by troops of various kinds to Yudhishthir, the king of kings. And, O king, when all these troops had assembled, his army, finely dressed and exceedingly strong, assumed an appearance pleasant to the eye. And the army of Drupada, also was beautified by valiant soldiers who had come from various lands, and also by his mighty sons. And similarly, Virat, the king of the Matsyas, a leader of troops, accompanied by the king of the hilly regions, came to Pandu's sons. And for the high-souled sons of Pandu there were thus assembled from various directions, seven Akshauhini of troops, bristling with banners of various forms. And eager to fight with the Kurus, they gladdened the hearts of
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the Pandavs. And in the same way king Bhagadatt, gladdening the heart of Dhritrashtra's son, gave an Akshauhini of troops to him. And the unassailable mass of his troops, crowded with Chhinas and Kiratas and Kanchanas, all looking like figures of gold, assumed a beauty like to that of a forest of Karnikar trees. And so the valiant Bhurisravs, and Salya, O son of Kuru, came to Duryodhan, with an Akshauhini of troops each. And Kritavarman, the son of Hridika, accompanied by the Bhojas, the Andhas, and the Kukuras, came to Duryodhan with an Akshauhini of troops. And the body of his troops composed of those mighty soldiers, who wore on their persons garlands of many-coloured flowers, looked as graceful as a number of sportive elephants that have passed through a wood.
Who joined Duryodhan for war: And others led by Jaydrath, the dwellers of the land of Sindhu-sauvira, came in such force that the hills seemed to tremble under their tread. And their force, counting an Akshauhini, looked like a mass of clouds moved by the wind. And Sudakshin, the king of the Kambojs, O ruler of men, accompanied by the Yavans and Sakas, came to the Kuru chief with an Akshauhini of troops. And the body of his troops that looked like a flight of locusts, meeting with the Kuru force, was absorbed and disappeared in it. And similarly came king Nil, the resident of the city of the Mahishmati, with mighty soldiers from the southern country who carried weapons of pretty make. And the two kings of Avanti, accompanied by a mighty force, brought to Duryodhan, each a separate Akshauhini of troops.
And those tigers among men, the five royal brothers, the princes of Kekaya, hastened to Duryodhan with an Akshauhini of troops, and gladdened his heart. And from the illustrious king, of other quarters there came, O best of Bharat's race, three large divisions of troops. And thus Duryodhan had a force which numbered eleven Akshauhinis all eager to fight with the sons of Kunti, and bristling with banners of various forms. And, O descendant of Bharat, there was no space in the city of Hastinapur even for the principal leaders of Duryodhan's army. And for this reason the land of the five rivers (Panchanad), and the whole of the region called Kuru-jangal, and the forest of Rohitak which was uniformly wild, and Ahichhatra and Kalakut, and the banks of the Ganga, and Varan, and Vatadhan, and the hill tracts on the border of the Yamuna--the whole of this extensive tract--full of abundant corn and wealth, was entirely overspread with the army of the Kauravs. And that army, so arranged, was beheld by the priest who had been sent by the king of the Panchals to the Kurus.'"
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