Bhagavad-gita Verse 1.14 – 1.19 Blowing of Transcendental Conchshell

Lord Krishna and Arjuna stationed on a great chariot drawn by white horses then sounded their transcendental conchshells (divya sankha). The sounding of the transcendental conchshells indicated that there was no hope of victory for the other side because Lord Krishna was on the side of the Pandavas. Victory is always with persons like the sons of Pandu because Lord Krishna is associated with them.

Whenever and wherever the Lord is present, the goddess of fortune (Lakhsmidevi) is also there because the goddess of fortune never lives alone without her husband. Therefore, victory and fortune were awaiting Arjuna, as indicated by the transcendental sound produced by the conchshell of Lord Vishnu or Lord Krishna.

Lord Krishna blew His conchshell called pancajanya. After shifting to Mathura from Gokula, arrangements were made for Lord Krishna and Balarama to live under the instructions of Their spiritual master, Sandipani Muni in Ujjain. In return for the learning received, They seeked to serve Their teacher with some offering or guru-dakshina. Sandipani Muni asked for the return of his dead son, who had drowned in the ocean on the bank of Prabhasaksetra. Lord Krishna and Balarama immediately went to the beach and asked the controlling deity of the ocean to return the son of Their teacher. The ocean deity informed, “The boy was not actually taken by me, but was captured by a demon named Pancajana. This great demon generally remains deep in the water in the shape of a conchshell. The son of Your teacher might be within the belly of the demon, having been devoured by him.” On hearing this, Lord Krishna dove deep into the water and caught hold of the demon Pancajana. He killed him on the spot, but could not find the son of His teacher within his belly. He took the demon’s dead body (in the shape of a conchshell) and returned to His chariot on the beach. Thereafter He along with His elder brother Balarama went to the residence of Yamaraja and blew His conchshell named pancajanya. Yamaraja received his Master with all respectful obeisances and returned the teacher’s son.