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Mahabharata · 7.64.19–20
॥
Санджая
Devanāgarī
सो ऽग्रानीकस्य महत इषुपाते धनंजयः ॥
व्यवस्थाप्य रथं सज्जं शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥
अथ कृष्णो ऽप्य् असंभ्रान्तः पार्थेन सह मारिष ॥
प्राध्मापयत् पाञ्चजन्यं शङ्खप्रवरम् ओजसा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
so 'grānīkasya mahata iṣupāte dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
vyavasthāpya rathaṃ sajjaṃ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān ||
atha kṛṣṇo 'py asaṃbhrāntaḥ pārthena saha māriṣa ||
prādhmāpayat pāñcajanyaṃ śaṅkhapravaram ojasā ||
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SanskritIASTMeaning
सः अग्रानीकस्य महतःsaḥ agrānīkasya mahataḥhe, [at] the great vanguard array; he, at the great vanguard host
इषुपाते धनंजयःiṣupāte dhanaṃjayaḥat arrow's range, Dhananjaya; within an arrow's flight, Dhananjaya
व्यवस्थाप्य रथम् सज्जम्vyavasthāpya ratham sajjamhaving stationed his equipped chariot; having stationed his equipped chariot
शङ्खम् दध्मौ प्रतापवान्śaṅkham dadhmau pratāpavānblew his conch, the mighty one; blew his conch, the mighty one
अथ कृष्णः अपि असंभ्रान्तःatha kṛṣṇaḥ api asaṃbhrāntaḥthen Krishna too, unperturbed; then Krishna too, unperturbed
पार्थेन सह मारिषpārthena saha māriṣatogether with Partha, O venerable one; together with Partha, O venerable one
प्राध्मापयत् पाञ्चजन्यम्prādhmāpayat pāñcajanyamblew Panchajanya; blew Panchajanya
शङ्खप्रवरम् ओजसाśaṅkhapravaram ojasāthe finest of conches — with might; the finest of conches — with force
Translation
He, at arrow's range from the great vanguard array, Dhananjaya, having stationed his equipped chariot, blew his conch, the mighty one. Then Krishna too, unperturbed, together with Partha, O venerable one, blew Panchajanya, the finest of conches, with might.
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The battle begins not with a blow but with the voice of conches: Arjuna sounds his, and Krishna, "asaṃbhrāntaḥ," unperturbed, answers with Panchajanya. The Lord's calm amid the dreadful array is the seal of certainty. It is significant that the charioteer-God's voice precedes every blow. The verse teaches that a righteous deed is proclaimed before it is accomplished: the Lord's voice, calm amid enemies, announces the inevitability of the outcome; and Krishna's composure before the vast enemy host is the pledge that victory is already decided by the One who sounds the conch.