1.15 Panchajanya and Devadatta Sanjaya speaks
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः
पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः
pāñchajanyaṁ hṛiṣhīkeśho devadattaṁ dhanañjayaḥ
pauṇḍraṁ dadhmau mahā-śhaṅkhaṁ bhīma-karmā vṛikodaraḥ
Krishna blew the Panchajanya, Arjuna the Devadatta, and Bhima of terrible deeds blew the great conch Paundra.
Explanation
The conches have names.
Krishna's Panchajanya, Arjuna's Devadatta, Bhima's Paundra.
Weapons and instruments being named individually is how epic registers weight. These are not props; each has a story attached, and the naming is the text slowing down before the thing it is about to do.
Word by word
- pāñchajanyam
- the conch shell named Panchajanya
- hṛiṣhīka-īśhaḥ
- Shree Krishna, the Lord of the mind and senses
- devadattam
- the conch shell named Devadutta
- dhanam-jayaḥ
- Arjun, the winner of wealth
- pauṇḍram
- the conch named Paundra
- dadhmau
- blew
- mahā-śhaṅkham
- mighty conch
- bhīma-karmā
- one who performs herculean tasks
- vṛika-udaraḥ
- Bheem, the voracious eater
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