1.16
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ ॥
anantavijayaṃ rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau
The other three Pāṇḍavas (पाण्डव). The verb is still "blew."
The verse
King Yudhiṣṭhira (युधिष्ठिर), the son of Kuntī (कुन्ती), blew Anantavijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew Sughoṣa (सुघोष) and Maṇipuṣpaka (मणिपुष्पक).
नेपालीमा
कुन्तीका छोरा राजा युधिष्ठिरले अनन्तविजय फुके, र नकुल र सहदेवले सुघोष र मणिपुष्पक फुके।
Where it sits
All five brothers have now sounded. Yudhiṣṭhira (युधिष्ठिर) is called rājā (राजा) in the middle of a war he has not won. The title is the claim. Duryodhana, in 1.2, was also rājā (राजा). Two kings are inside this chapter, and only one of them is blowing a conch named "unending victory."
Split: अनन्तविजयम् + राजा + कुन्ती-पुत्रः + युधिष्ठिरः + नकुलः + सहदेवः + च + सुघोष-मणिपुष्पकौ
anantavijayam + rājā + kuntī-putraḥ + yudhiṣṭhiraḥ + nakulaḥ + sahadevaḥ + ca + sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| अनन्तविजयम् | anantavijayam | accusative | Anantavijaya, "unending victory." Yudhiṣṭhira's (युधिष्ठिर) conch. |
| राजा | rājā | nominative | the king. |
| कुन्ती-पुत्रः | kuntī-putraḥ | nominative | a son of Kuntī (कुन्ती). |
| युधिष्ठिरः | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | nominative | Yudhiṣṭhira (युधिष्ठिर). |
| नकुलः | nakulaḥ | nominative | Nakula. |
| सहदेवः | sahadevaḥ | nominative | Sahadeva. |
| सुघोष-मणिपुष्पकौ | sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau | accusative dual | Sughoṣa (सुघोष) and Maṇipuṣpaka (मणिपुष्पक), their two conches. sughoṣa (सुघोष) "fair-sounding," maṇipuṣpaka (मणिपुष्पक) "jewel-flowered." |
The phrases
anantavijayam (अनन्तविजयम्) is the conch. rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ (राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः) is one man, three nominatives: the king, Kuntī's (कुन्ती) son, Yudhiṣṭhira (युधिष्ठिर). The pattern of 1.15.
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca (नकुलः सहदेवश् च) are the twins. sahadevaḥ ca (सहदेवः च) becomes sahadevaś ca (सहदेवश् च).
sughoṣamaṇipuṣpakau (सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ) is one dual compound for two conches. Only the last member wears --au (औ). The two men share that one dual object. Which twin blew which conch, the verse does not say. Traditional reading gives Sughoṣa (सुघोष) to Nakula and Maṇipuṣpaka (मणिपुष्पक) to Sahadeva, in the order the names were spoken.
There is no verb in the verse. dadhmau (दध्मौ) / pradadhmatuḥ (प्रदध्मतुः) from 1.14–1.15 still governs it.
Sanskrit in this line
A dual compound is the list-compound you met in paṇavānaka-gomukhāḥ (पणवानक-गोमुखाः), cut down to two and given the dual ending. sughoṣa (सुघोष) has no ending. maṇipuṣpakau (मणिपुष्पकौ) carries the case for both. When a verse seems to have two objects and only one ending, look at the last member before you invent a second word.
Say it back
Yudhiṣṭhira's (युधिष्ठिर) conch, then the twins' two, as a dual.