BG 1.17-18

काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः ।
धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः ॥
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते ।
सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक् ॥
kāśyaś ca parameṣv-āsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahā-rathaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca sātyakiś cāparājitaḥ
drupado draupadeyāś ca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivī-pate
saubhadraś ca mahā-bāhuḥ śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ pṛthak pṛthak

Word-for-word meanings

kāśyaḥ — the King of Kāśī [Vārāṇasī or Benares];  parama-iṣu-āsaḥ — who wielded a mighty bow;  ca — and;  śikhaṇḍī — Śikhaṇḍī;  mahā-rathaḥ — the great chariot fighter;  ca — as well as;  dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ — Dhṛṣṭadyumna [the son of King Drupada];  ca — and;  virāṭaḥ — Virāṭa;  ca — and;  aparājitaḥ — the invincible;  sātyakiḥ — Sātyaki [also known as Yuyudhāna];  drupadaḥ — Drupada, the King of Pāñcāla;  ca — and;  draupadeyāḥ — the five sons of Draupadī;  ca — and;  mahā-bāhuḥ — the mighty-armed;  saubhadraḥ — Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadrā;  sarvaśaḥ — all;  dadhmuḥ — blew;  pṛthak pṛthak — their respective;  śaṅkhān — conchshells;  pṛthivī-pate — O Emperor of the earth.

Translation

The King of Kāśī, who wielded a mighty bow, and Śikhaṇḍī, the great chariot fighter, as well as Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Virāṭa, the invincible Sātyaki, Drupada, the five sons of Draupadī, and the mighty-armed Abhimanyu, son of Subhadra, all blew their respective conches, O Emperor of the earth.

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