1.18 Each his own Sanjaya speaks
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते
सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्
drupado draupadeyāśhcha sarvaśhaḥ pṛithivī-pate
saubhadraśhcha mahā-bāhuḥ śhaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛithak pṛithak
Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, and the mighty-armed son of Subhadra — all of them, O king, blew their conches, each his own.
Explanation
Each his own — and the sound becomes one sound.
Drupada, the sons of Draupadi, the mighty-armed son of Subhadra: all of them blew their conches, each his own.
The phrase does something the list has been building toward. Individually named, individually equipped, and from here on indistinguishable in the noise.
Word by word
- drupadaḥ
- Drupad
- draupadeyāḥ
- the five sons of Draupadi
- cha
- and
- sarvaśhaḥ
- all
- pṛithivī-pate
- Ruler of the earth
- saubhadraḥ
- Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra
- cha
- also
- mahā-bāhuḥ
- the mighty-armed
- śhaṅkhān
- conch shells
- dadhmuḥ
- blew
- pṛithak pṛithak
- individually
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