Speaker: Sañjaya
Verses 16 to 18 are read together as one text.
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ ॥१६॥
काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः ।
धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः ॥१७॥
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते ।
सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक् ॥१८॥
anantavijayaṁ rājā
kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca
sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau
kāśyaś ca parameṣv-āsaḥ
śikhaṇḍī ca mahā-rathaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca
sātyakiś cāparājitaḥ
drupado draupadeyāś ca
sarvaśaḥ pṛthivī-pate
saubhadraś ca mahā-bāhuḥ
śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ pṛthak pṛthak
Word for word (synonyms)
- ananta-vijayam
- the conch named Ananta-vijaya
- rājā
- the king
- kuntī-putraḥ
- the son of Kuntī
- yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
- Yudhiṣṭhira
- nakulaḥ
- Nakula
- sahadevaḥ
- Sahadeva
- ca
- and
- sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau
- the conches named Sughoṣa and Maṇipuṣpaka
- kāśyaḥ
- the King of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
- ca
- and
- parameṣvāsaḥ
- the great archer
- śikhaṇḍī
- Śikhaṇḍī
- ca
- also
- mahā-rathaḥ
- one who can fight alone against thousands
- dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ
- Dhṛṣṭadyumna (the son of King Drupada)
- virāṭaḥ
- Virāṭa (the prince who gave shelter to the Pāṇḍavas while they were in disguise)
- ca
- also
- sātyakiḥ
- Sātyaki (the same as Yuyudhāna, the charioteer of Lord Kṛṣṇa)
- ca
- and
- aparājitaḥ
- who were never vanquished before
- drupadaḥ
- Drupada, the King of Pāñcāla
- draupadeyāḥ
- the sons of Draupadī
- ca
- also
- sarvaśaḥ
- all
- pṛthivī-pate
- O King
- saubhadraḥ
- the son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)
- ca
- also
- mahā-bāhuḥ
- greatly armed
- śaṅkhān
- conchshells
- dadhmuḥ
- blew
- pṛthak pṛthak
- each separately
Translation
King Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī, blew his conchshell, the Anantavijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughoṣa and Maṇipuṣpaka. That great archer the King of Kāśī, the great fighter Śikhaṇḍī, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Virāṭa and the unconquerable Sātyaki, Drupada, the sons of Draupadī, and the others, O King, such as the son of Subhadrā, greatly armed, all blew their respective conchshells.
Purport
Sañjaya informed King Dhṛtarāṣṭra very tactfully that his unwise policy of deceiving the sons of Pāṇḍu and endeavoring to enthrone his own sons on the seat of the kingdom was not very laudable. The signs already clearly indicated that the whole Kuru dynasty would be killed in that great battle. Beginning with the grandsire, Bhīṣma, down to the grandsons like Abhimanyu and others—including kings from many states of the world—all were present there, and all were doomed. The whole catastrophe was due to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, because he encouraged the policy followed by his sons.
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 1.16–19 1973-07-16
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