📿 Shloka Collection

Anantavijayam Raja

Gita 1.16 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1 — Arjuna Vishada Yoga
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ ॥
Anantavijayam raja Kuntiputro Yudhishthirah
Nakulah Sahadevashcha Sughoshamanipu-shakau
अनन्तविजयम्
Anantavijaya (Yudhishthira's conch)
राजा
the king
कुन्तीपुत्रः
son of Kunti
युधिष्ठिरः
Yudhishthira
नकुलः
Nakula
सहदेवः
Sahadeva
सुघोषम्
Sughosha (Nakula's conch)
मणिपुष्पकौ
Manipushpaka (Sahadeva's conch)

After Krishna, Arjuna, and Bhima sounded their conches in the previous shloka, now the remaining three Pandava brothers step forward. King Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, blew his conch named Anantavijaya. Nakula blew Sughosha, and Sahadeva blew Manipushpaka.

Each conch carries a fitting name. Anantavijaya means "endless victory" — the right name for the conch of Dharmaraja, the king of righteousness, whose cause cannot ultimately fail. Sughosha means "sweet-sounding" and Manipushpaka means "jeweled and flower-adorned." These are not just instruments of war; each name carries the character of its owner.

Five brothers, five conches, all sounding in unison. The Pandavas' greatest strength was never just their individual skill — it was their unity. When a family stands together with one purpose, the sound they make can shake the earth.

Yudhishthira is addressed here as "raja" (king). This is significant. The Kauravas had seized his kingdom, yet the Gita still calls him king. His claim to the throne is the very cause of this war.

With this shloka, the conch-blowing of all five Pandava brothers is complete. The next shlokas will name the other warriors on the Pandava side who also sounded their conches.

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