BG 1.15

पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः ।
पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः ॥
pāñcajanyaṁ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṁ dhanañjayaḥ
pauṇḍraṁ dadhmau mahā-śaṅkhaṁ bhīma-karmā vṛkodaraḥ

Word-for-word meanings

hṛṣīka-īśaḥ — Kṛṣṇa;  dadhmau — blew;  pāñcajanyam — [His] conchshell called Pāñcajanya;  dhanam-jayaḥ — Arjuna;  devadattam — [blew his] conchshell called Devadatta;  vṛka-udaraḥ — [and] Bhīma;  bhīma-karmā — who performs Herculean tasks;  mahā-śaṅkham — [blew his] mighty conch;  pauṇḍram — called Pauṇḍra.

Translation

Śrī Kṛṣṇa blew His conch named Pāñcajanya, Arjuna blew his conch Devadatta, and Bhīma, the performer of Herculean tasks, blew his mighty conch Pauṇḍra.

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