BHAGAVAD-GITA 1:14

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 1:14

 

tatah svetair hayair yukte

mahati syandane sthitau

madhavah pandavas caiva

divyau sankhau pradadhmatuh

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tatah--thereafter; svetaih--with white; hayaih--horses; yukte--being

yoked; mahati--in a great; syandane--chariot; sthitau--situated;

madhavah--Krsna

(the husband of the goddess of fortune); pandavah--Arjuna (the son of

Pandu); ca--also; eva--certainly; divyau--transcendental;

sankhau--conchshells; pradadhmatuh--sounded.

 

TRANSLATION

 

On the other side, both Lord Krsna and Arjuna, stationed on a great

chariot drawn by white horses, sounded their transcendental

conchshells.

 

PURPORT

 

In contrast with the conchshell blown by Bhismadeva, the conchshells

in the hands of Krsna 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 Krsna was on the side of

the Pandavas. Jayas tu pandu-putranam yesam pakse janardanah. Victory

is always with persons like the sons of Pandu because Lord Krsna 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 Visnu, or Lord Krsna. 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.

 

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