तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः।
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ।
माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः।।1.14।।
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः।
पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः।।1.15।।
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ।।1.16।।
काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः।
धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः।।1.17।।
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते।
सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्।।1.18।।
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्।
नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्।।1.19।।
The valiant grandfather, the eldest of the Kurus, loudly sounding a lion’s roar, blew the conch to raise his (Duryodhana’s) spirits.
Just immediately afterward, conch shells, kettledrums, tabors, trumpets, and cow-horns blared forth, creating a tumultuous sound.
Then Madhava (Krishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna), stationed in their magnificent chariot with white horses yoked to it, blew their divine conchs loudly.
Hrsikesa (Krsna) blew the conch Pancajanya; Dhananjaya (Arjuna) blew the conch Devadatta; and Vrkodara (Bhima) of terrible deeds blew the great conch Paundra.
King Yudhisthira, son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya; Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosa and the Manipuspaka, respectively.
And the King of Kashi, wielding a great bow, and the great chariot-rider Sikhandin, Dhrstadyumna, Virata, and Satyaki the unconquered;
Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, as well as the mighty-armed son of Subhadra, all of them together, O king, blew their respective conchs.
That tremendous sound pierced the hearts of the sons of Dhrtarastra as it reverberated through the sky and the earth.
Osho’s Commentary
The conches sound, the great symphony of war begins. And here too, there is a profound difference. Bhishma blows his conch to cheer Duryodhana, to encourage him. His is the first sound. The Kauravas are the aggressors. Their sound is an action. And then, Krishna and the Pandavas blow their conches. Their sound is a response, a reaction. There is a deep psychological difference. The one who strikes the first blow is always the one who is more impatient, more filled with rage, more unconscious. The one who responds can do so from a place of quiet strength, of joyful acceptance of the challenge. Krishna’s response is not born of anger. It is a joyful acceptance of what is. Life has brought war to the doorstep; he accepts it. It is a response from a place of totality. And when the divine accepts a challenge, the whole of existence echoes that acceptance. The sound of the Pandava conches, it is said, filled the heavens and the earth, and shattered the hearts of their enemies. Why? Because it was not just the sound of a few men. It was the sound of existence itself, responding to the challenge of a small, egoistic part.