Speaker: Sañjaya
ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ ।
माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः ॥१४॥
tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte
mahati syandane sthitau
mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva
divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- śvetaiḥ
- by white
- hayaiḥ
- horses
- yukte
- being yoked with
- mahati
- in the great
- syandane
- chariot
- sthitau
- so situated
- mādhavaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa (the husband of the goddess of fortune)
- pāṇḍavaḥ
- Arjuna (the son of Pāṇḍu)
- ca
- also
- eva
- certainly
- divyau
- transcendental
- śaṅkhau
- conchshells
- pradadhmatuḥ
- sounded
Translation
On the other side, both Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, stationed on a great chariot drawn by white horses, sounded their transcendental conchshells.
Purport
In contrast with the conchshell blown by Bhīṣmadeva, the conchshells in the hands of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are described as transcendental. The sounding of the transcendental conchshells indicated that there was no hope of victory for the other side because Kṛṣṇa was on the side of the Pāṇḍavas. Jayas tu pāṇḍu-putrāṇāṁ yeṣāṁ pakṣe janārdanaḥ. Victory is always with persons like the sons of Pāṇḍu because Lord Kṛṣṇa is associated with them. And whenever and wherever the Lord is present, the goddess of fortune is also there because the goddess of fortune never lives alone without her husband. Therefore, victory and fortune were awaiting Arjuna, as indicated by the transcendental sound produced by the conchshell of Viṣṇu, or Lord Kṛṣṇa. Besides that, the chariot on which both the friends were seated was donated by Agni (the fire-god) to Arjuna, and this indicated that this chariot was capable of conquering all sides, wherever it was drawn over the three worlds.
What this verse teaches
The study note for this verse is in editorial review.
In thematic compilations 1
- Kṛṣṇa always protects His surrendered devotees, the Pāṇḍavas, and thus they are ensured of victory regardless of all material odds (1.14-19).
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 1
- Bhagavad-gītā 1.13–14 1973-07-14
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.