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tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte
mahati syandane sthitau
mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva
divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ

Synonyms

tataḥ: ensuite; śvetaiḥ: blancs; hayaiḥ: par des chevaux; yukte: tiré; mahati: sur un grand; syandane: char; sthitau: situés; mādhavaḥ: l’époux de la déesse de la fortune (Kṛṣṇa); pāṇḍavaḥ: le fils de Pāṇḍu (Arjuna); ca: aussi; eva: certainement; divyau: transcendantales; śaṅkhau: les conques; pradadhmatuḥ: firent résonner.

tataḥ — thereafter; śvetaiḥ — with white; hayaiḥ — horses; yukte — being yoked; mahati — in a great; syandane — chariot; sthitau — situated; mādhavaḥ — Kṛṣṇa (the husband of the goddess of fortune); pāṇḍavaḥ — Arjuna (the son of Pāṇḍu); ca — also; eva — certainly; divyau — transcendental; śaṅkhau — conchshells; pradadhmatuḥ — sounded.

Translation

Dans l’autre camp, debouts sur leur grand char que tirent des chevaux blancs, Kṛṣṇa et Arjuna soufflent dans leurs conques divines.

On the other side, both Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, stationed on a great chariot drawn by white horses, sounded their transcendental conchshells.

Purport

Les conques de Kṛṣṇa et Arjuna sont dites divines et non celle de Bhīṣmadeva. En résonnant, ces conques transcendantales indiquent qu’il n’y a aucun espoir de victoire pour le camp des Kurus puisque Kṛṣṇa est aux côtés des Pāṇḍavas. Jayas tu pāṇḍu-putrāṇāṁ yaṣāṁ pakṣe janārdanaḥ. La victoire accompagne toujours ceux qui, à l’instar des fils de Pāṇḍu, ont le Seigneur pour allié.

Là où est le Seigneur se trouve aussi la déesse de la fortune qui ne quitte jamais son époux. Victoire et fortune attendent donc Arjuna comme l’atteste le son transcendant de la conque de Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa. En outre, le char dans lequel les deux amis sont assis est un cadeau qu’Arjuna a reçu d’Agni, le deva du feu. Autrement dit, le char peut se déplacer dans toutes les directions, partout dans les trois mondes.

In contrast with the conchshell blown by Bhīṣmadeva, the conchshells in the hands of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna are described as transcendental. The sounding of the transcendental conchshells indicated that there was no hope of victory for the other side because Kṛṣṇa was on the side of the Pāṇḍavas. Jayas tu pāṇḍu-putrāṇāṁ yeṣāṁ pakṣe janārdanaḥ. Victory is always with persons like the sons of Pāṇḍu because Lord Kṛṣṇa is associated with them. And whenever and wherever the Lord is present, the goddess of fortune is also there because the goddess of fortune never lives alone without her husband. Therefore, victory and fortune were awaiting Arjuna, as indicated by the transcendental sound produced by the conchshell of Viṣṇu, or Lord Kṛṣṇa. Besides that, the chariot on which both the friends were seated had been donated by Agni (the fire-god) to Arjuna, and this indicated that this chariot was capable of conquering all sides, wherever it was drawn over the three worlds.