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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