Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 Verse 18 — Arjuna Vishada Yoga
Sanskrit
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते | सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक् ||१-१८||
Transliteration
drupado draupadeyāśca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivīpate . saubhadraśca mahābāhuḥ śaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛthakpṛthak ||1-18||
Hindi Meaning
।।1.18।।हे राजन् ! राजा द्रुपद, द्रौपदी के पुत्र और महाबाहु सौभद्र (अभिमन्यु) इन सब ने अलग-अलग शंख बजाये।
English Meaning
The King of the earth, the King of Drupada; the sons of Draupadi, and the mighty armed son of Subhadra, each one of them also blew their respective conchshells.
Commentary
Sañjaya informed King Dhṛtarāṣṭra very tactfully that his unwise policy of deceiving the sons of Pāṇḍu and endeavoring to enthrone his own sons on the seat of the kingdom was not very laudable. The signs already clearly indicated that the whole Kuru dynasty would be killed in that great battle. Beginning with the grandsire, Bhīṣma, down to the grandsons like Abhimanyu and others – including kings from many states of the world – all were present there, and all were doomed. The whole catastrophe was due to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, because he encouraged the policy followed by his sons.
Hinglish Commentary
Sañjaya ne King Dhṛtarāṣṭra ko bahut hi samajhdari se bataya ki unki bekaar ki soch, jo unhone Pāṇḍu ke putron ko dhoka dene aur apne putron ko rajya ka raja banane ke liye apnayi thi, wo bilkul sahi nahi thi. Sab kuch ye dikhata tha ki is bade yuddh mein poori Kuru vansh ki tabahi hone wali hai. Bhīṣma jaise dadaji se lekar Abhimanyu jaise pote tak, aur duniya ke kai raja bhi wahan maujood the, sabki kismet kharab thi. Ye poora sankat King Dhṛtarāṣṭra ki wajah se tha, kyunki unhone apne putron ki galat soch ko badhava diya tha.
Chinmaya Commentary
इन श्लोकों में उन महारथियों के नाम हैं जिन्होंने अत्यन्त उत्साह के साथ बारंबार प्रचण्ड ध्वनि से शंखनाद किया। भीष्म पितामह के धराशायी होने में शिखण्डी कारण था। सात्यकि भी पाण्डव सेना में एक महारथी था। यहाँ पृथिवीपते यह संबोधन धृतराष्ट्र के लिए प्रयुक्त है।