All Pandavas blew conchshells and all other instruments that made a tumultuous sound
NAMES OF DIFFERENT CONCHSHELLS:
S. No Warriors Conchshell
3Yudhishtara Anantavijaya
Text 1.14 purport is covered under the main theme ‘Signs of Victory of Pandavas’ above. Purports for Texts 1.15 to 1.18 are presented in the ‘Focus of Learning’ sections below
aMessage announced by conchshells — Blowing of conchshells announced the message that Kauravas were predestined to lose the battle
Owner of all senses / senses of living entities are part and parcels of His senses
Impersonalists cannot account for the senses of the living entities and they are always anxious to describe the living entities as sense-less or impersonal
Lord as Paramatma directs the senses according to the surrender of the living entity
Directly controls transcendental senses of a pure devotee like Arjuna
Govinda – Pleasure-giver to cows and senses
Dhananjaya – Arjuna helped elder brother to fetch wealth for different sacrifices
Vrkodara – Eat as voraciously as he could do herculean tasks (Bhima)
Few other names explained – Madhusudana / Vasudeva / Devaki-nandana / Yasoda- nandana / Partha-sarthy (Read 1.15 purport) FOCUS OF LEARNING: PURPORTS 1.16 — 1.18
aSanjaya very tactfully informed King Dhrtarashtra of the following points through all the above mentioned verses:
His unwise policy of deceiving the sons of Pandu and endeavoring to enthrone his own sons was not very laudable
All the signs indicate that the whole Kuru dynasty would be killed
From the grandsire Bhisma to the grandson Abhimanyu, and all the kings of all states were doomed
And Dhrtarashtra was the cause of the whole catastrophe because he encouraged the policy followed by his sons