Chapter 1, Verse 16
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ।।1.16।।
anantavijayaṃ rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ. nakulaḥ sahadevaśca sughoṣamaṇipuṣpakau.।1.16.।
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- अनन्तविजयम् (ananta-vijayam)
- the conch named Anantavijaya ('Endless Victory')
- राजा (rājā)
- the king
- कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntī-putraḥ)
- the son of Kunti
- युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ)
- Yudhishthira (blew), [subject continuing from previous]
- नकुलः (nakulaḥ)
- Nakula (blew his conch)
- सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ)
- Sahadeva (blew his conch)
- च (ca)
- and
- सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ (sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau)
- [their conches named] Sughosha and Manipushpaka, respectively
Commentary
King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavigaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva (respectively) the Sughosha and Manipushpaka.
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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अनन्तविजयम् (ananta-vijayam)
राजा (rājā)
कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntī-putraḥ)
युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ)
नकुलः (nakulaḥ)
सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ)
च (ca)
सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ (sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau)
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