Shloka 59
हृष्टो ततस्तावमितप्रभावौ मनांस्थरीणामवदारयन्तौ | सुवर्णजालावततौ महास्वनौ हिमावदातौ परिगृहा[ पाणिशि: । चुचुम्बतु: शड्खवरी नृणां वरौ वराननाभ्यां युगपच्च दध्मतु:,तत्पश्चात् धनुषकी प्रत्यंचा, हथेली और बाणके शब्दोंसे शत्रुओंको बलपूर्वक श्रीहीन करके, उत्तम बाणोंद्वारा कौरव-सैनिकोंको ढककर अमित प्रभावशाली नरश्रेष्ठ गरुडध्वज श्रीकृष्ण और कपिध्वज अर्जुन हर्षमें भरकर विपक्षियोंका हृदय विदीर्ण करते हुए हाथोंमें दो श्रेष्ठ शंख ले उन्हें अपने सुन्दर मुखोंसे एक ही साथ चूमने और बजाने लगे। उनके वे दोनों शंख सोनेकी जालीसे आवृत, बर्फके समान सफेद और महान् शब्द करनेवाले थे
hṛṣṭas tatastāv amitaprabhāvau manāṁsi śatrūṇām avadārayantau | suvarṇajālāvatatau mahāsvanau himāvadātau parigṛhya pāṇibhiḥ | cucumbatuḥ śaṅkhavarau nṛṇāṁ varau varānanābhyāṁ yugapac ca dadhmatuḥ ||
Then those two heroes of immeasurable prowess—filling the opposing warriors with dread and rending their hearts—took into their hands two excellent conches, white as snow and covered with a golden net, resonant with a mighty sound. With their handsome faces they kissed the conches and, at the same moment, blew them together. The act signals confident resolve and the public proclamation of battle-duty, meant to steady allies and morally unnerve the foe.
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic posture of steadfastness in a righteous duty: public, disciplined resolve (signaled by the conch) strengthens one’s own side and ethically frames the coming action as deliberate responsibility rather than uncontrolled violence.
Kṛṣṇa (Garuḍadhvaja) and Arjuna (Kapidhvaja), exhilarated and confident, take two splendid conches—snow-white, gold-netted, and loud—kiss them, and blow them simultaneously, a formal battle-signal meant to hearten allies and intimidate enemies.