अक्षौहिणीभिर्विंशत्या तिसृभिश्चापि संवृत: । यदुराजधानीं मथुरां न्यरुधत् सर्वतोदिशम् ॥ ४ ॥
akṣauhiṇībhir viṁśatyā tisṛbhiś cāpi saṁvṛtaḥ yadu-rājadhānīṁ mathurāṁ nyarudhat sarvato diśam
- akṣauhiṇībhiḥ
- by akṣauhiṇī divisions (each consisting of 21,870 soldiers on elephants, 21,870 charioteers, 65,610 cavalrymen and 109,350 infantry soldiers)
- viṁśatyā
- twenty
- tisṛbhiḥ ca api
- plus three
- saṁvṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- yadu
- of the dynasty of Yadu
- rājadhānīm
- the royal capital
- mathurām
- Mathurā
- nyarudhat
- he besieged
- sarvataḥ diśam
- on all sides
With a force of twenty-three akṣauhiṇī divisions, he laid siege to the Yadu capital, Mathurā, on all sides.