पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः। पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः॥१-१५॥

pāñčadžanjaṁ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṁ dhanañdžajaḣ । pauṇḍraṁ dadhmau mahāśaṅkhaṁ bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḣ ॥1-15॥

पाञ्चजन्य pāñcajanyaṃ (m. acc. sg.), = name of Krishna's conch horn which was taken from the demon Paficajana after Krishna slew him.; हृषीकेशो hṛṣīkeśo (m. nom. sg.), = "Bristling Haired," "Erect Hair," a very frequent epithet of Krishna.; देवदत्त devadattaṃ (m. acc. sg.), = "God Given," name of Aruna's conch horn.; धनञ्जयः dhanañjayaḥ (m. nom. sg.), = "Conqueror of Wealth," very common epithet of AIjuna.; पौण्ड्रं pauṇḍraṃ (m. acc. sg.), = name of Bhima's conch horn. Possibly named for a king of a people in Eastern India, thought to be a brother of Krishna.; दध्म dadhmau (3rd sg. perfect act. .*dhma), = he blew. महा maha,= great, mighty.; शङ्खं sańkhaṁ (m. n. acc. sg.), = conch horn.; भीमकर्म bhīmakarmā (m. nom. sg. BY cpd.), = terrible in action, whose actions are terrible.; वृक vṛk (m.), = wolf.; उदरः udaraḥ (m. nom. sg.), = belly, stomach. (The epithet vrkodara was applied to Bhlma because of his enormous appetite.)(वृकोदरः vṛkodaraḥ, m. nom. sg. BY cpd., - wolf- bellied one.)