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Naku-l/" Sahdevê SaugaaezMai<aPauZPak-aE )) 16 ))
k-aXYaê ParMaeZvaSa" iXa%<@q c MaharQa" )
Da*íÛuManae ivra$=ê SaaTYaik-êaParaiJaTa" )) 17 ))
d]uPadae d]aEPadeYaaê SavRXa" Pa*iQavqPaTae )
SaaE>ad]ê Mahabahu" Xa«aNdDMau" Pa*QaKPa*Qak(- )) 18 ))
anantavijayaà räjä
kunté-putro yudhiñöhiraù
nakulaù sahadevaç ca
sughoña-maëipuñpakau
käçyaç ca parameñv-äsaù
çikhaëòé ca mahä-rathaù
dhåñöadyumno viräöaç ca
sätyakiç cäparäjitaù
drupado draupadeyäç ca
sarvaçaù påthivé-pate
saubhadraç ca mahä-bähuù
çaìkhän dadhmuù påthak påthak
SYNONYMS
ananta-vijayam—the conch named Ananta-vijaya; räjä—the king; kunté-putraù—the son of Kunté; yudhiñöhiraù—Yudhiñöhira; nakulaù—Nakula; sahadevaù—Sahadeva; ca—and; sughoña-maëipuñpakau—the conches named Sughoña and Maëipuñpaka; käçyaù—the King of Käçé (Väräëasé); ca—and; parama-iñu-äsaù—the great archer; çikhaëòé—Çikhaëòé; ca—also; mahä-rathaù—one who can fight alone against thousands; dhåñöadyumnaù—Dhåñöadyumna (the son of King Drupada); viräöaù—Viräöa (the prince who gave shelter to the Päëòavas while they were in disguise); ca—also; sätyakiù—Sätyaki (the same as Yuyudhäna, the charioteer of Lord Kåñëa); ca—and; aparäjitaù—who had never been vanquished; drupadaù—Drupada, the King of Päïcäla; draupadeyäù—the sons of Draupadé; ca—also; sarvaçaù—all; påthivé-pate—O King; saubhadraù—Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadrä; ca—also; mahä-bähuù—mighty-armed; çaìkhän—conchshells; dadhmuù—blew; påthak påthak—each separately.
TRANSLATION
King Yudhiñöhira, the son of Kunté, blew his conchshell, the Ananta-vijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughoña and Maëipuñpaka. That great archer the King of Käçé, the great fighter Çikhaëòé, Dhåñöadyumna, Viräöa, the unconquerable Sätyaki, Drupada, the sons of Draupadé, and the others, O King, such as the mighty-armed son of Subhadrä, all blew their respective conchshells.
PURPORT
Saïjaya informed King Dhåtaräñöra very tactfully that his unwise policy of deceiving the sons of Päëòu 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, Bhéñma, 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 Dhåtaräñöra, because he encouraged the policy followed by his sons.
