ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ ।माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः ॥
tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte mahati syandane sthitau |mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ ||
- ततः · tataḥ
- then
- श्वेतैः · śvetaiḥ
- with white
- हयैः · hayaiḥ
- with horses
- युक्ते · yukte
- yoked, harnessed
- महति · mahati
- in the great
- स्यन्दने · syandane
- in the chariot
- स्थितौ · sthitau
- standing, stationed (the two)
- माधवः · mādhavaḥ
- Madhava (Krishna)
- पाण्डवः · pāṇḍavaḥ
- the son of Pandu (Arjuna)
- च · ca
- and
- एव · eva
- indeed
- दिव्यौ · divyau
- divine (the two)
- शङ्खौ · śaṅkhau
- conches (the two)
- प्रदध्मतुः · pradadhmatuḥ
- blew
“Then Madhava and the son of Pandu, standing in their great chariot yoked with white horses, blew their divine conches.”
— Original plain-language translation
The camera swings to the Pandava side: Krishna as charioteer, Arjuna as warrior, white horses gleaming. Against the Kaurava wall of noise, two divine conches answer — quality against quantity, a motif the chapter keeps.
— Reader's notes (original)