Shloka 226
सेनासमागमः — The Convergence of Armies
स च सम्प्राप्य कौरव्यं तत्रैवान्तर्दधे तदा । राजन! कम्बोजनरेश सुदक्षिण भी यवनों और शकोंके साथ एक अक्षौहिणी सेना लिये दुर्योधनके पास आया। उसका सैन्य-समूह टिड्डियोंके दल-सा जान पड़ता था। वह सारा सैन्य-समुदाय कौरव-सेनामें आकर विलीन हो गया
sa ca samprāpya kauravyaṃ tatraivāntardadhe tadā | rājan! kambojanareśaḥ sudakṣiṇaḥ saha yavanaiḥ śakaiś caikākṣauhiṇīṃ senām ādāya duryodhanam upāgamat | tasya sainyasamūhas tu ṭiḍḍikādalasaṃnibhaḥ pratibhāti sma | sa sarvaḥ sainyasamudāyaḥ kauravasenāyām āgatya vilīnaḥ ||
他抵达俱卢王子面前后，便在那地方当即隐没不见。大王啊！甘婆阇之王苏达克希那来到都利约陀那处，携来一整支阿叉乌希尼军，并有夜婆那与释迦诸部随行。他那密集的军阵宛如蝗群。那一片兵海到来之后，尽数汇入俱卢军中。
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how large-scale violence is enabled by accumulating alliances and manpower; when leaders pursue power without dharmic restraint, even distant groups are drawn in, and the conflict swells beyond control—symbolized by the army merging into the Kaurava host like a vast, consuming tide.
In Udyoga Parva’s war-preparation sequence, the Kamboja king Sudakṣiṇa arrives to support Duryodhana, accompanied by Yavanas and Śakas and bringing an entire akṣauhiṇī. His troops appear innumerable like locusts, and they join the Kaurava forces, increasing Duryodhana’s military strength.