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Bhagavad Gita 1.16

अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ।।

anantavijayaṁ rājā kuntī-putro yudhiṣhṭhiraḥ nakulaḥ sahadevaśhcha sughoṣha-maṇipuṣhpakau

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ananta-vijayamananta-vijayamthe conch named Anantavijay
rājārājāking
kuntī-putraḥkuntī-putraḥson of Kunti
yudhiṣhṭhiraḥyudhiṣhṭhiraḥYudhishthir
nakulaḥnakulaḥNakul
sahadevaḥsahadevaḥSahadev
chachaand
sughoṣha-maṇipuṣhpakausughoṣha-maṇipuṣhpakauthe conche shells named Sughosh and Manipushpak

King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya; Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosha and the Manipushpaka.

कुन्तीपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिर ने अनन्त विजय नामक शंख और नकुल व सहदेव ने क्रमश:  सुघोष और मणिपुष्पक नामक शंख बजाये।