Bhagavad Gita · 1.15
॥
Devanāgarī
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः ।
पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pāñcajanyaṁ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṁ dhanañjayaḥ |
pauṇḍraṁ dadhmau mahāśaṅkhaṁ bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
पाञ्चजन्यम्pāñcajanyamthe [conch] Pāñcajanya.
हृषीकेशःhṛṣīkeśaḥHṛṣīkeśa (a name of Kṛṣṇa, “Lord of the senses”).
देवदत्तम्devadattamthe [conch] Devadatta (“God-given”).
धनञ्जयःdhanañjayaḥDhanañjaya (a name of Arjuna, “Winner of wealth”).
पौण्ड्रम्pauṇḍramthe [conch] Pauṇḍra.
दध्मौdadhmaublew.
महाशङ्खम्mahā-śaṅkhamthe mighty conch.
भीमकर्माbhīma-karmāthe doer of great, terrible deeds.
वृकोदरःvṛkodaraḥVṛkodara (a name of Bhīma, “one with a wolf’s belly”, insatiable).
Translation
Hṛṣīkeśa [Kṛṣṇa] blew [his conch] Pāñcajanya, and Dhanañjaya [Arjuna] blew Devadatta. Vṛkodara [Bhīma], the doer of terrible deeds, blew his mighty conch Pauṇḍra.
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