Chapter1 Verse - 15

 

Verse - 15

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

Transliteration :

pAnchajanyam hriShIkesho devadattam dhananjayaH.

Paundram dadhmau mahAshankham bhImakarmA vrukodaraH ..15..

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Word-by-word meaning:

पाञ्चजन्यं – pAnchajanyam; हृषीकेशो – Hrishikehsa; देवदत्तं – Devadatta; धनञ्जय: - Dhanjanjya; पौण्ड्रं – paundram; दध्मौ – blew; महाशङ्खं – great conch-shells; भीमकर्मा – one who performs great tasks; वृकोदर: - one who has great capacity to imbibe food;

Meaning:

Hrishikesha blew his PAnchajanya, Dhananjaya blew his Devadatta , and Bhima, a person who does terrific deeds and has a great capacity to imbibe food, blew his Paundra conch-shell.

Significance:

PAncajanya : PAncajanya is the conch-shell of Lord Krishna. Lord Vishnu holds the PAnchajanya conch in one of his hands. It is told- Krishna completed his education under Rishi Sandipani. The sage did not accept any dakshina. Krishna came to know that the sage’s son was abducted by a demon – ShankAsura (who was a demon in the form of conch-shell) or panjajana from the fellow disciples. He decided to rescue him as the Gurudakshina for Rishi Sandipani. He went deep into the sea where the demon was, fought and defeated him. Lord Krishna took his conch and named it after the demon, as a sign of victory.

Devadatta : Devadatta is the conch-shell of Arjuna. It was gifted by Lord Varuna, for his Penance.

Paundram: The terrific conch-shell of Bhima, it produced deafening noise whenever it is blown by Bhima.

Hrishikesha : Krishna is addressed as  Hrishikesha –which means Lord of senses.

Dhananjaya: Dhananjaya , is another name for Arjuna, which means one who is the conqueror of wealth. Usage of this name in the verse indicates his victory over the opposition army.

VrikodaraH : Vrikodara, is another name for Bhima. The usage of this name in this verse can mean he is a person of terrible deeds or he whose appetite is voracious just like a wolf's.