Let's Learn Bhagavad Gita - Day 08 - Chapter 01 - Shloka 16, 17 & 18

śloka -15:
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जय: |
पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदर: || 15||

pāñchajanyaṁ hṛiṣhīkeśho devadattaṁ dhanañjayaḥ
pauṇḍraṁ dadhmau mahā-śhaṅkhaṁ bhīma-karmā vṛikodaraḥ

śloka -16:
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: |
नकुल: सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ || 16||

anantavijayaṁ rājā kuntī-putro yudhiṣhṭhiraḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaśhcha sughoṣha-maṇipuṣhpakau

Word to Word Meaning:
ananta-vijayaṁ - the conch named
anantavijaya;
rājā - the king;
kuntī-putraḥ - son of kuntī;
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ - yudhiṣṭhira;
nakulaḥ - nakula;
sahadēvaḥ - sahadēva;
ca - and;
sughōṣa-maṇipuṣpakau - the conches named
sughōṣa and maṇipuṣpaka;

śloka -17:
काश्यश्च परमेष्वास: शिखण्डी च महारथ: |
धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजित: || 17||

kāśhyaśhcha parameṣhvāsaḥ śhikhaṇḍī cha mahā-rathaḥ
dhṛiṣhṭadyumno virāṭaśhcha sātyakiśh chāparājitaḥ

Word to Word Meaning:
kāśyaḥ - the king of kāśi;
ca - and;
parama-iṣu-āsaḥ - the great archer;
śikhaṇḍī - śikhaṇḍi;
ca - and;
mahā-rathaḥ - the one who can fight alone against
thousands;
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ - dhṛṣṭadyumna;
virāṭaḥ - virāṭa;
ca - and;
sātyakiḥ - sātyaki;
ca - and;
aparājitaḥ - invincible;

śloka -18:
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वश: पृथिवीपते |
सौभद्रश्च महाबाहु: शङ्खान्दध्मु: पृथक् पृथक् || 18||

drupado draupadeyāśhcha sarvaśhaḥ pṛithivī-pate
saubhadraśhcha mahā-bāhuḥ śhaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛithak pṛithak

Word to Word Meaning:
drupadaḥ - drupada;
draupadēyāḥ - the five sons of draupadī;
ca - and;
sarvaśaḥ - all;
pṛthivī-patē - ruler of the earth;
saubhadraḥ - abhimanyu, the son of subhadrā;
ca - and;
mahā-bāhuḥ - mighty-armed;
śaṅkhān - conch shells;
dadhmuḥ - blew;
pṛthak pṛthak - individually;

Explanation For The śloka(s):
In these verses, sañjaya describes the scene on the battlefield to king dhṛtarāṣṭra, narrating details about all those who were present for the war. With the adharmic actions of the kauravas and great injustice meted out to the pāṇḍavās leading to this war, it seemed as if the entire earth had split into two sides, preparing for the battle which would eventually become the cause of irreversible destruction.

Meaning of The śloka(s):
“O ruler of the Earth, king yudhiṣṭhira, eldest of the pāṇḍavas, blew his conch shell named anantavijaya; while his younger brothers, nakula and sahadeva blew their conches – the sughoṣa and maṇipuṣpaka.
The excellent archer and king of kāśi, the great warrior śikhaṇḍī, dhṛṣṭadyumna, virāṭa, the invincible sātyaki, drupada, the five sons of draupadī and the mighty armed abhimanyu, son of subhadrā, all blew their respective conch shells.”

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