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Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 16-18 anantavijayam raja
kasyas ca paramesv-asah
drupado draupadeyas ca
SYNONYMS  ananta-vijayam--the
conch named Ananta-vijaya; raja--the king; kunti-putrah--the
son of Kunti; yudhisthirah--Yudhisthira; nakulah--Nakula;
sahadevah--Sahadeva;
ca--and; sughosa-manipuspakau--the conches named Sughosa
and Manipuspaka; kasyah--the King of Kasi (Varanasi); ca--and;
parama-isu-asah--the great archer; sikhandi--Sikhandi;
ca--also;
maha-rathah--one who can fight alone against thousands;
dhrstadyumnah--Dhrstadyumna
(the son of King Drupada); viratah--Virata (the prince who gave
shelter to the Pandavas while they were in disguise);
ca--also;
satyakih--Satyaki (the same as Yuyudhana, the charioteer of Lord
Krsna); ca--and; aparajitah--who were never vanquished before;
drupadah--Drupada, the King of Pancala; draupadeyah--the
sons of Draupadi; ca--also; sarvasah--all; prthivi-pate--O
King; saubhadrah--the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu); ca--also;
maha-bahuh--mighty-armed;
sankhan--conchshells; dadhmuh--blew;
prthak prthak--each
separately.
TRANSLATION King Yudhisthira,
the son of Kunti, blew his conchshell, the Ananta-vijaya, and Nakula and
Sahadeva blew the Sughosa and Manipuspaka. That great archer the King of
Kasi, the great fighter Sikhandi, Dhrstadyumna, Virata and the unconquerable
Satyaki, Drupada, the sons of Draupadi, and the others, O King, such as
the son of Subhadra, greatly armed, all blew their respective conchshells.
PURPORT Sanjaya informed
King Dhrtarastra very tactfully that his unwise policy of deceiving the
sons of Pandu 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, Bhisma, 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 Dhrtarastra, because he encouraged
the policy followed by his sons.
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