Texts 16-18.1 Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra      45
Kṛṣṇa, the supreme director, nor that of the goddess of fortune. So, they were predestined to lose the battle—and that was the message announced by the sounds of the conchshells.
TEXTS 16-18
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । 
    नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ ॥१६॥ 
    काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः । 
    धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः ॥१७॥ 
    द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते । 
    सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक् ॥१८॥
anantavijayam rājā kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau kāśyaś ca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahā-rathaḥ dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca sātyakiś cāparājitaḥ drupado draupadeyāś ca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivī-pate saubhadraś ca mahā-bāhuḥ śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ pṛthak pṛthak
anantavijayam —the conch named Anantavijaya;  rājā —the king;  kuntīputraḥ —the son of Kuntī;  yudhiṣṭhiraḥ —Yudhiṣṭhira;  nakulaḥ —Nakula;  sahadevaḥ —Sahadeva;  ca —and;  sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau —the conches named Sughoṣa and Maṇipuṣpaka;  kāśyaḥ —the King of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī);  ca —and;  parameṣvāsaḥ —the great archer;  śikhaṇḍī —Śikhaṇḍī;  ca —also;  mahā-rathaḥ —one who can fight alone against thousands;  dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ —Dhṛṣṭadyumna (the son of King Drupada);  virāṭaḥ —Virāṭa (the prince who gave shelter to the Pāṇḍavas while they were in disguise);  ca —also;  sātyakiḥ —Sātyaki (the same as Yuyudhāna, the charioteer of Lord Kṛṣṇa);  ca —and;  aparājitaḥ —who were never vanquished before;  drupadaḥ —Drupada, the King of Pāñcāla;  draupadeyāḥ —the sons of Draupadī;  ca —also;  sarvaśaḥ —