Verse 1.14
ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ ।
माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः ॥
Transliteration
tataḥ śvetairhayairyukte mahati syandane sthitau |
mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaścaiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Then, also, Madhava (Krishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna), seated in the magnificent chariot, yoked with white horses, blew divine conches.
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Then Madhava and the son of Pandu, standing in their great chariot yoked to white horses, blew their divine conches.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
The scene shifts to the Pandava side, and the first to answer are Krishna and Arjuna, seated together in one chariot. Krishna is called Madhava, a name linking him to the Madhu clan of the Yadavas and also read as husband of Lakshmi. The white horses and the great chariot were gifts associated with the gods, and the conches are called divine. Sanjaya presents these two not merely as warriors but as a pair marked by something beyond the ordinary, preparing for the central place they hold in the poem.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08