From: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Kalki Dasa)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Daily verse BG 1.16-18
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 08:20:05 EST
Reply-To: kalki33!system@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Kalki Dasa)
Organization: Kalki's Infoline BBS, Aiken, SC, USA

                              TEXT 16-18

                          anantavijayam raja
                        kunti-putro yudhisthirah
                         nakulah sahadevas ca
                          sughosa-manipuspakau

                        kasyas ca paramesv-asah
                         sikhandi ca maha-rathah
                        dhrstadyumno viratas ca
                          satyakis caparajitah

                        drupado draupadeyas ca
                          sarvasah prthivi-pate
                       saubhadras ca maha-bahuh
                      sankhan dadhmuh prthak prthak

  
ananta-vijayam--the conch named Ananta-vijaya; raja--the king;
kunti-putrah--the son of Kunti; yudhisthirah--Yudhisthira;
nakulah--Nakula; sahadevah--Sahadeva; ca--and;
sughosa-mani-puspakau--the conches named Sughosa and Manipuspaka;
kasyah--the King of Kasi (Varanasi); ca--and; parama-isu-asah--the
great archer; sikhandi--Sikhandi; ca--also; maha-rathah--one who can
fight alone against thousands; dhrstadyumnah--Dhrstadyumna (the son of
King Drupada); viratah--Virata (the prince who gave shelter to the
Pandavas while they were in disguise); ca--also; satyakih--Satyaki (the
same as Yuyudhana, the charioteer of Lord Krsna); ca--and;
aparajitah--who had never been vanquished; drupadah--Drupada, the King
of Pancala; draupadeyah--the sons of Draupadi; ca--also; sarvasah--all;
prthivi-pate--O King; saubhadrah--Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra;
ca--also; maha-bahuh--mighty-armed; sankhan--conchshells;
dadhmuh--blew; prthak prthak--each separately.

    
                              TRANSLATION

	King Yudhisthira, the son of Kunti, blew his conchshell, the
Ananta-vijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosa and
Manipuspaka. That great archer the King of Kasi, the great fighter
Sikhandi, Dhrstadyumna, Virata, the unconquerable Satyaki, Drupada, the
sons of Draupadi, and the others, O King, such as the mighty-armed son
of Subhadra, all blew their respective conchshells.

  
                                PURPORT

	Sanjaya informed King Dhrtarastra very tactfully that his unwise
policy of deceiving the sons of Pandu and endeavoring to enthrone his
own sons on the seat of the kingdom was not very laudable. The signs
already clearly indicated that the whole Kuru dynasty would be killed
in that great battle. Beginning with the grandsire, Bhisma, down to the
grandsons like Abhimanyu and others--including kings from many states
of the world--all were present there, and all were doomed. The whole
catastrophe was due to King Dhrtarastra, because he encouraged the
policy followed by his sons.

Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami


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