TEXTS 16-18

Devanagari

अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ ॥ १६ ॥
काश्यश्च परमेष्वास: शिखण्डी च महारथ: ।
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द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वश: पृथिवीपते ।
सौभद्रश्च महाबाहु: शङ्खान्दध्मु: पृथक्पृथक् ॥ १८ ॥

Text

anantavijayaṁ rājā
kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca
sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau

kāśyaś ca parameṣv-āsaḥ
śikhaṇḍī ca mahā-rathaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca
sātyakiś cāparājitaḥ

drupado draupadeyāś ca
sarvaśaḥ pṛthivī-pate
saubhadraś ca mahā-bāhuḥ
śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ pṛthak pṛthak

Synonyms

ananta-vijayam — the conch named Ananta-vijaya; rājā — the king; kuntī-putraḥ — the son of Kuntī; yudhiṣṭhiraḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira; nakulaḥ — Nakula; sahadevaḥ — Sahadeva; ca — and; sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau — the conches named Sughoṣa and Maṇipuṣpaka; kāśyaḥ — the King of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī); ca — and; parama-iṣu-āsaḥ — the great archer; śikhaṇḍī — Śikhaṇḍī; ca — also; mahā-rathaḥ — one who can fight alone against thousands; dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ — Dhṛṣṭadyumna (the son of King Drupada); virāṭaḥ — Virāṭa (the prince who gave shelter to the Pāṇḍavas while they were in disguise); ca — also; sātyakiḥ — Sātyaki (the same as Yuyudhāna, the charioteer of Lord Kṛṣṇa); ca — and; aparājitaḥ — who had never been vanquished; drupadaḥ — Drupada, the King of Pāñcāla; draupadeyāḥ — the sons of Draupadī; ca — also; sarvaśaḥ — all; pṛthivī-pate — O King; saubhadraḥ — Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadrā; ca — also; mahā-bāhuḥ — mighty-armed; śaṅkhān — conchshells; dadhmuḥ — blew; pṛthak pṛthak — each separately.

ananta-vijayam — das Muschelhorn namens Anantavijaya; rājā — der König; kuntī-putraḥ — der Sohn Kuntīs; yudhiṣṭhiraḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira; nakulaḥ — Nakula; sahadevaḥ — Sahadeva; ca — und; sughoṣa- maṇipuṣpakau — die Muschelhörner namens Sughoṣa und Maṇipuṣpaka; kāśyaḥ — der König von Kāśī (Vārāṇasī); ca — und; parama-iṣu-āsaḥ — der große Bogenschütze; śikhaṇḍī — Śikhaṇḍī; ca — auch; mahā-rathaḥ — jemand, der allein gegen Tausende kämpfen kann; dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ — Dhṛṣṭadyumna (der Sohn Drupadas); virāṭaḥ — Virāṭa (der König, der den Pāṇḍavas Zuflucht gewährte, als sie sich verbergen mußten); ca — auch; sātyakiḥ — Sātyaki (auch Yuyudhāna genannt, der Wagenlenker Śrī Kṛṣṇas); ca — und; aparājitaḥ — die niemals zuvor besiegt worden waren; drupadaḥ — Drupada, der König von Pāñcāla; draupadeyāḥ — die Söhne Draupadīs; ca — auch; sarvaśaḥ — alle; pṛthivī-pate — o König; saubhadraḥ — Abhimanyu, der Sohn Subhadrās; ca — auch; mahā- bāhuḥ — starkarmig; śaṅkhān — Muschelhörner; dadhmuḥ — bliesen; pṛthak pṛthak — jeder für sich.

Translation

King Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī, blew his conchshell, the Ananta-vijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughoṣa and Maṇipuṣpaka. That great archer the King of Kāśī, the great fighter Śikhaṇḍī, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Virāṭa, the unconquerable Sātyaki, Drupada, the sons of Draupadī, and others, O King, such as the mighty-armed son of Subhadrā, all blew their respective conchshells.

König Yudhiṣṭhira, der Sohn Kuntīs, ließ sein Muschelhorn, das Anantavijaya, ertönen, und Nakula und Sahadeva bliesen das Sughoṣa und das Maṇipuṣpaka. Der König von Kāśī, ein großer Bogenschütze, der große Kämpfer Śikhaṇḍī, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Virāṭa und der unbezwingbare Sātyaki, Drupada, die Söhne Draupadīs, und die anderen, o König, wie der starkarmige Sohn Subhadrās, ließen ebenfalls ihre Muschelhörner erschallen.

Purport

Sañjaya informed King Dhṛtarāṣṭra very tactfully that his unwise policy of deceiving the sons of Pāṇḍu 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, Bhīṣma, 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 Dhṛtarāṣṭra, because he encouraged the policy followed by his sons.

ERLÄUTERUNG: Sañjaya gab König Dhṛtarāṣṭra auf sehr taktvolle Weise zu verstehen, daß seine unkluge Politik, die Söhne Pāṇḍus zu betrügen und sich darum zu bemühen, die eigenen Söhne auf den Thron des Königreichs zu bringen, nicht sehr lobenswert war. Die Vorzeichen deuteten schon jetzt klar darauf hin, daß in dieser großen Schlacht die gesamte Kuru-Dynastie vernichtet werden würde. Angefangen mit dem Ahnherrn, Bhīṣma, bis hinab zu den Enkeln, wie Abhimanyu und anderen – einschließlich der Könige aus vielen Reichen der Welt –, waren alle dort Anwesenden dem Untergang geweiht. Die ganze Katastrophe war die Schuld König Dhṛtarāṣṭras, weil er die Pläne seiner Söhne unterstützte.