Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 1

Bhagavad Gita 1.16

अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ॥

anantavijayaṁ rājā kuntī-putro yudhiṣhṭhiraḥ nakulaḥ sahadevaśhcha sughoṣha-maṇipuṣhpakau

Translation

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

What it means

Yudhishthira, Nakula and Sahadeva sound their conches in turn. The Pandava answer moves down the ranks in order, king to brothers. There is discipline in it: a cause that proceeds in order, from the righteous head downward, carries a different weight than a mob's roar.

Try this today

Discipline as signal: the answer proceeds in order, from the head downward - a cause that moves in order carries different weight.

Something to reflect on

Does my resolve move in order from conviction downward, or scatter like a crowd's?

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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.