Bhagavad Gita 1.16-19 | Srila Prabhupada | भगवद गीता १.१६-१९ | श्रील प्रभुपाद

Bhagavad-gītā 1.16–1.19

अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ ॥ १.१६ ॥
Translation:
King Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī, blew his conchshell, the Ananta-vijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughoṣa and Maṇipuṣpaka. (1.16)

काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः ।
धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः ॥ १.१७ ॥
Translation:
That great archer, the King of Kāśī, the great fighter Śikhaṇḍī, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Virāṭa, and the unconquerable Sātyaki, (1.17)

द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते ।
सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक् ॥ १.१८ ॥
Translation:
Drupada, the sons of Draupadī, and the mighty-armed son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu), all blew their respective conchshells. (1.18)

स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत् ।
नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलोऽभ्यनुनादयन् ॥ १.१९ ॥
Translation:
The blowing of these different conchshells became uproarious. Vibrating in the sky and on the earth, it shattered the hearts of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (1.19)
🌸 In this lecture, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Founder-Ācārya of ISKCON, explains how the conchshells of the devotees of Kṛṣṇa—Yudhiṣṭhira, Nakula, Sahadeva, Abhimanyu, and others—created a sound vibration that was spiritually powerful. While the Kauravas relied on material might, the divine sound of the devotees’ conchshells struck fear in their hearts.

✨ Śrīla Prabhupāda reveals that when devotees act under the shelter of Kṛṣṇa, even their sound vibration becomes transcendental and undefeatable, proving that true strength lies in divine association, not in material calculation.

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