Bhagavadgita -Radhakrishnan 68

The Bhagavadgita -S. Radhakrishnan

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CHAPTER 1
The Hesitation and Despondency of Arjuna


    
13. tatah sankhas ca bheryas
ca panavanakagomukhah
sahasai 'vd 'bhyahanyanta
sa Sabdas tumulo 'bhavat

(13) Then conches and kettledrums, tabors and drums and horns suddenly were struck and the noise was tumultuous

14. tatah svetair haywire yukte
mahati standing sthitau
mãdhavaz pandvas cai 'va
divyau Sankhau pradadhmatuh

(14) When stationed in their great chariot, yoked to white horses, Krsna and Arjuna blew their celestial conches Throughout the Hindu and the Buddhist literatures, the chariot stands for the psychophysical vehicle. The steeds are the senses, the reins their controls, but the charioteer, the guide is the spirit or real self, atman. Krsna, the charioteer, is the Spirit in us.[1]

15.pancajanyam hrsikeso devadattam
dhanamjayah paundram
dadhmau mahasankham
bhimakarma vrkodarah
(15) Krsna blew his Pancajanya and Arjuna his Devadatta and Bhima of terrific deeds and enormous appetite blew his mighty conch, Pauncira.These indicate readiness for battle.

16. anantavvijam raja
kunti,putro yudhisthired
Nakula saiadevag ca
sughosamani pupakau
(16) Prince Yudhisthira,[2] the son of Kunti, blew his Ananta vijaya and Nakula and Sahadeva blew their Sughosa and Manipuspaka


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References and Context

  1. Cp. Katha Up., III, 3. See also Plato, Laws, 893 C; Milindapanha, 26-8
  2. Yudhisthira is the eldest of the five sons of Pancju.Nakula is the fourth of the Pandu princes.
    Sahadeva is the youngest of them.