Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-1
Despondency of Arjuna
14. Then standing in a mighty chariot with white horses yoked thereto, Krishna and Arjuna blew their conches Divine. 15. Krishna blew the Panchajanya, Arjuna the Devadatta, and the wolf-bellied Bhima of terrible deeds blew his mighty conch Paundra. 16. Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, blew the conch Anantavijaya; Nakula and Sahadeva blew their conches, Sughosha and Manipushpaka.While the heaven was thus in turmoil, see what happened in the Pandava army. Arjuna arrived there in a chariot, which was the basis of victory and the seat of heroic lustre, and to which were yoked four horses as swift as the eagles. The chariot looked superb like the Meru mountain with wings, and because of it all the ten quarters were filled with brightness. How can one describe the merits of this chariot, of which the Lord of Vaikuntha (Vishnu) was the charioteer (136-140)? Hanuman, who was God Shankara incarnate, was seated on his flag-staff and Lord Krishna was driving his chariot. See how wondrous are the ways of the Lord; because of his love for his devotee, he worked as the charioteer of Partha. Keeping his page behind him, he took the frontal position and with great ease blew his conch Panchajanya. His blowing of the conch made a rumbling sound; and as the stars are bedimmed by the rising sun, in that sound was lost the din made by the martial music of Kaurava army (141-145). Then Arjuna blew his conch Devadatta, making a resounding sound. When these two sounds mingled, it seemed as if the universe was being blown to smithereens. Then Bhima too got excited like the god of death in fury and blew his great conch Paundra. When it emitted a deep roaring sound like a cloud at world-dissolution, Yudhishthira blew his conch Anantavijaya. Then Nakula blew his conch Sughosha and Sahadeva Manipushpaka, as a result of which even the god of death became panic-stricken (146-150). |
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