Mahabharata · 7.123.41
॥
Devanāgarī
संजय उवाच
एवं संदर्शयन् कृष्णो रणभूमिं किरीटिनः ॥
स्वैः समेतः स मुदितः पाञ्चजन्यं व्यनादयत् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
saṃjaya uvāca
evaṃ saṃdarśayan kṛṣṇo raṇabhūmiṃ kirīṭinaḥ ||
svaiḥ sametaḥ sa muditaḥ pāñcajanyaṃ vyanādayat ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एवम् संदर्शयन् कृष्णःevam saṃdarśayan kṛṣṇaḥthus showing, Krishna; thus showing, Krishna
रणभूमिम् किरीटिनःraṇabhūmim kirīṭinaḥthe field of battle of the Diademed One; [to the Diademed One] the field of battle
स्वैः समेतः सः मुदितःsvaiḥ sametaḥ saḥ muditaḥ[with] his own having come together, he, delighted; having come together with his own, delighted
पाञ्चजन्यम् व्यनादयत्pāñcajanyam vyanādayat[in] Panchajanya blew; blew into Panchajanya
Translation
Thus showing the Diademed One [Arjuna] the field of battle, Krishna, having come together with his own, delighted, blew into Panchajanya.
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Krishna crowns the day of victory with the trumpet-call of Panchajanya: the joy of truth accomplished resounds over the field. It is telling that a chapter on the vanity of earthly glory ends in the Lord's rejoicing among His own: the triumph lies not in the spoils, but in duty fulfilled and in union with those close to Him. The verse teaches that true joy is not in the fruits of victory scattered as dust across the field, but in a righteous deed accomplished and in shared rejoicing with the Lord; and the voice of His conch proclaims not gain, but the triumph of dharma.