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Chapter 1, Verse 15

पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः। पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः।।1.15।।

pāñcajanyaṃ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ. pauṇḍraṃ dadhmau mahāśaṅkhaṃ bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ.1.15.

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पाञ्चजन्यम्
the conch named Pañchajanya
हृषीकेशः
Hrishikesha (Krishna, lord of the senses)
देवदत्तम्
the conch named Devadatta
धनंजयः
Dhananjaya (Arjuna, winner of wealth)
पौण्ड्रम्
the conch named Paundra
दध्मौ
blew
महाशङ्खम्
the great conch
भीमकर्मा
of terrible deeds
वृकोदरः
Vrikodara (Bhima, wolf-bellied)

Commentary

Hrishikesa blew the Panchaganya, and Dhananjaya the Devadatta, and Bhima, (the doer) of fearful deeds, blew the great conch Paundra.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain -- Shankara's commentary offers no independent gloss for this narrative verse; text is the literal translation.

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पाञ्चजन्यम्
हृषीकेशः
देवदत्तम्
धनंजयः
पौण्ड्रम्
दध्मौ
महाशङ्खम्
भीमकर्मा
वृकोदरः

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