पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः ।पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः ॥
pāñcajanyaṃ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṃ dhanañjayaḥ |pauṇḍraṃ dadhmau mahāśaṅkhaṃ bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ ||
- पाञ्चजन्यम् · pāñcajanyam
- Panchajanya (Krishna's conch)
- हृषीकेशः · hṛṣīkeśaḥ
- Hrishikesha (lord of the senses — Krishna)
- देवदत्तम् · devadattam
- Devadatta (Arjuna's conch)
- धनञ्जयः · dhanañjayaḥ
- Dhananjaya (winner of wealth — Arjuna)
- पौण्ड्रम् · pauṇḍram
- Paundra (Bhima's conch)
- दध्मौ · dadhmau
- blew
- महाशङ्खम् · mahāśaṅkham
- the great conch
- भीमकर्मा · bhīmakarmā
- of terrible deeds
- वृकोदरः · vṛkodaraḥ
- Vrikodara (wolf-bellied — Bhima)
“Hrishikesha blew Panchajanya, Dhananjaya blew Devadatta, and Vrikodara of terrible deeds blew his great conch Paundra.”
— Original plain-language translation
Each hero's conch has a name and personality — Panchajanya, Devadatta, Paundra. The epithets do double work: Krishna is 'lord of the senses' just before he will school Arjuna's senses, and Arjuna 'winner of wealth' is about to renounce all appetite for it.
— Reader's notes (original)