तं श्रुत्वा निनदं घोरं त्रैलोक्यत्रासनं महत् ॥
पुनर् भीमं महाबाहुर् धर्मपुत्रो ऽभ्यभाषत ॥
एष वृष्णिप्रवीरेण ध्मातः सलिलजो भृशम् ॥
पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च विनादयति शङ्खराट् ॥
नूनं व्यसनम् आपन्ने सुमहत् सव्यसाचिनि ॥
कुरुभिर् युध्यते सार्धं सर्वैश् चक्रगदाधरः ॥
नूनम् आर्या महत् कुन्ती पापम् अद्य निदर्शनम् ॥
द्रौपदी च सुभद्रा च पश्यन्ति सह बन्धुभिः ॥
taṃ śrutvā ninadaṃ ghoraṃ trailokyatrāsanaṃ mahat ||
punar bhīmaṃ mahābāhur dharmaputro 'bhyabhāṣata ||
eṣa vṛṣṇipravīreṇa dhmātaḥ salilajo bhṛśam ||
pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca vinādayati śaṅkharāṭ ||
nūnaṃ vyasanam āpanne sumahat savyasācini ||
kurubhir yudhyate sārdhaṃ sarvaiś cakragadādharaḥ ||
nūnam āryā mahat kuntī pāpam adya nidarśanam ||
draupadī ca subhadrā ca paśyanti saha bandhubhiḥ ||
"This water-born [conch] is mightily blown by the Vrishni hero, and the king of conches makes both earth and sky resound. Surely, when a very great disaster has befallen Savyasachin, he [Krishna], the wielder of disc and mace, fights together with all the Kurus. Surely noble great Kunti, and Draupadi, and Subhadra now see an ill omen, together with their kin."
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The king's anxiety extends to mother and wives: "Kunti... Draupadi... Subhadra see" -- he imagines that they too perceive the evil signs. It is telling that love binds the whole family in shared dread. The verse teaches that fear for one dear one echoes through the whole clan: the misfortune of one is felt in advance by loving hearts far away, and the bonds of love carry that dread from one to another as a single pulse.