Bhagavad Gita 1.14
Chapter 1, verse 14
Meaning
Then, standing on their great chariot drawn by white horses, Krishna and Arjuna blew their own divine conches in reply.
The Sanskrit
ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ ।
माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः ॥ १४ ॥
tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte mahati syandane sthitau
mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ
Say it
tuh-tuh-huh shvay-tair huh-yair yook-tay muh-huh-ti syun-duh-nay sthi-tau
maa-dhuh-vuh-huh paan-duh-vush-chai-vuh div-yau shun-khau pruh-dudh-muh-too-huh
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- śvetaiḥ hayaiḥ yukte
- yoked with white horses
- mahati syandane
- on a great chariot
- sthitau
- the two, standing
- mādhavaḥ
- Mādhava, Krishna
- pāṇḍavaḥ ca eva
- and the son of Pāṇḍu, Arjuna
- divyau śaṅkhau
- their two divine conches
- pradadhmatuḥ
- the two blew loudly
Read it in context: verses 1.13–16The conches answer backWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: A crowd's noise or your own note
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.14 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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