Bhagavad Gita: Understanding One Shloka at a time. (Chp. 1, Verse 16) — HBR Patel

Trying to understand Bhagavad Gita, one shloka at a time…

HBR Patel
2 min readApr 9, 2020

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Bhagavad-Gita-Chp-1-Verse-16 — Cover-HBR-Patel

अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: |
नकुल: सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ ||16||

King Yudhishtir, the Son of Kunti, blew the Shankh (Conchshell) the Anantavijaya, while Nakula & Sahadeva (4th & 5th of the Pandavas and twins born to Madri) blew their conch shells named the Sughosh and Manipushpak respectively.

This shloka continues to describe the warriors, on the Pandava’s side, blowing their conch shells. The Son of Kunti, Yudhishtir, is referred to here as the ‘King’ to highlight his noble traits and also the fact that he performed the Rajasuya Yagna, which rightly earned him this title of the King.

Nakula & Sahadeva are also mentioned in this shloka with their conch shells: the Sughosh and Manipushpak respectively.

Like we saw in the previous shlokas that many warriors have their own conch and many times they were identified on the basis of the sound of their conch shells. It was their customized version of Identity on the commencement of the war. When Arjuna blew his conch in the battle of Virata, Drona identified Arjun by simply listening to that thunderous sound of that conch. At that time, Arjun was hiding as a eunuch by the name Bṛhannala. Each of the Pandava had their own conch shells as we saw in the previous shlokas: Devadatta, Paundram, Anantavijaya, Sughosa, and Manipuspaka.

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