Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 16-18

अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ।।1.16।। काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः। धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः।।1.17।। द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते। सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्।।1.18।।

anantavijayaṁ rājā kuntī-putro yudhiṣhṭhiraḥ nakulaḥ sahadevaśhcha sughoṣha-maṇipuṣhpakau kāśhyaśhcha parameṣhvāsaḥ śhikhaṇḍī cha mahā-rathaḥ dhṛiṣhṭadyumno virāṭaśhcha sātyakiśh chāparājitaḥ drupado draupadeyāśhcha sarvaśhaḥ pṛithivī-pate saubhadraśhcha mahā-bāhuḥ śhaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛithak pṛithak

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Word Meanings

ananta-vijayam—the conch named Anantavijay

rājā—king

kuntī-putraḥ—son of Kunti

yudhiṣhṭhiraḥ—Yudhishthir

nakulaḥ—Nakul

sahadevaḥ—Sahadev

cha—and

sughoṣha-maṇipuṣhpakau—the conche shells named Sughosh and Manipushpak

kāśhyaḥ—King of Kashi

cha—and

parama-iṣhu-āsaḥ—the excellent archer

śhikhaṇḍī—Shikhandi

cha—also

mahā-rathaḥ—warriors who could single handedly match the strength of ten thousand ordinary warriors

dhṛiṣhṭadyumnaḥ—Dhrishtadyumna

virāṭaḥ—Virat

cha—and

sātyakiḥ—Satyaki

cha—and

aparājitaḥ—invincible

drupadaḥ—Drupad

draupadeyāḥ—the five sons of Draupadi

cha—and

sarvaśhaḥ—all

pṛithivī-pate—Ruler of the earth

saubhadraḥ—Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra

cha—also

mahā-bāhuḥ—the mighty-armed

śhaṅkhān—conch shells

dadhmuḥ—blew

pṛithak pṛithak—individually

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Translation

King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya; Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosha and the Manipushpaka. The king of Kasi, an excellent archer, Sikhandi, the mighty car-warrior, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata, and Satyaki, the unconquered. Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, O Lord of the Earth, and the son of Subhadra, the mighty-armed, blew their conches each separately.

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Commentary

1.16 अनन्तविजयम् (the conch named) Anantavijayam? राजा the king? कुन्तीपुत्रः son of Kunti? युधिष्ठिरः Yudhishthira? नकुलः Nakula? सहदेवः Sahadeva? च and? सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ (the conches named) Sughosha and Manipushpaka.No Commentary. 1.17 काश्यः Kasya? the king of Kasi? च and? परमेष्वासः an excellent archer? शिखण्डी Sikhandi? च and? महारथः mighty carwarrior? धृष्टद्युम्नः Dhrishtadyumna? विराटः Virata?

च and? सात्यकिः Satyaki? च and? अपराजितः unconered.No Commentary. 1.18 द्रुपदः Drupada? द्रौपदेयाः the sons of Draupadi? च and? सर्वशः all? पृथिवीपते O Lord of the earth? सौभद्रः the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu)? च and महाबाहुः the mightyarmed? शङ्खान् conches? दध्मुः blew? पृथक् पृथक् separately.Commentary This blowing of conches announced the commencement of the battle.

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