Verse 1.17-19

Verse 1.17: “And Kashi’s King, the supreme archer, and Shikhandin the great car-warrior, and Dhrishtadyumna and Virata and Satyaki the unconquered:

Verse 1.18: Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, as also the long-armed son of Subhadra, O Lord of the Earth, blew from all sides their several respective conches.

Verse 1.19: That (resulting) roar cleft the hearts of Dhritarashtra’s men, causing—wild as it was—the Heaven arid the Earth to resound. (151)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

There were also other kings such as Drupada and Draupad: so also Kashipati the great hero, Abhimanyu son of Arjuna, Satyaki the unconquered, Dhrishtadyumna the master king, and also Shikhandi. Great kings Virata and others who were the leading warriors were also sounding several of their conches repeatedly. Hearing that very terrible noise, Shesha and Kurma, in sudden deadly consternation, looked like dropping down the burden of the earth. All the three worlds got violently shaken, Merumandara (Mountains) became unsteady, and the ocean-water sprouted up to the very sky. It looked as if the earth was getting topsy-turvied, the skies were crashing down while the stars were dropping down thick and fast at that time. Satyaloka got thick with the report that the earth was lost, and the gods had become supportless. At the time of the approach of the world dissolution the Sun sets even during day-time; in that way there arose a tumult in all the three parts of the universe. Seeing all this, Lord Krishna got surprised and fearing that the unheard of sound would bring about the end of the world stopped it. Thus the universe was saved which would otherwise have gone to pieces, when Krishna and Arjuna both sounded their great conches. Although the sound got smoothened down still there remained its echo which made the Kaurava armies terror-stricken. Just as a lion easily destroys a herd of elephants, in the same way the sound of the conches cleft the hearts of the Kauravas. When they heard the wild roar they lost their courage as they were standing and warned each other to be cautious.