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Bhagavad Gita 1.18द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते।सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक् ॥

drupado draupadeyāśhcha sarvaśhaḥ pṛithivī-pate

saubhadraśhcha mahā-bāhuḥ śhaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛithak pṛithak

Sanskrit recitation

The field is set · 1.1–1.27 · Scene

Translation

Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, O Lord of the Earth, and the son of Subhadra, the mighty-armed, blew their conches each separately.

Hindi translation

।।1.17 -- 1.18।। हे राजन्! श्रेष्ठ धनुषवाले काशिराज और महारथी शिखण्डी तथा धृष्टद्युम्न एवं राजा विराट और अजेय सात्यकि, राजा द्रुपद और द्रौपदी के पाँचों पुत्र तथा लम्बी-लम्बी भुजाओंवाले सुभद्रा-पुत्र अभिमन्यु - इन सभी ने सब ओर से अलग-अलग (अपने-अपने) शंख बजाये।

Meaning

This blowing of conches announced the commencement of the battle.

After Swami Sivananda

The field is set· 1.1–1.27→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
cha
also
dadhmuḥ
blew
drupadaḥ
Drupad
sarvaśhaḥ
all
saubhadraḥ
Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra
śhaṅkhān
conch shells
draupadeyāḥ
the five sons of Draupadi
mahā-bāhuḥ
the mighty-armed
pṛithivī-pate
Ruler of the earth
pṛithak pṛithak
individually

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