Sanskrit
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत् । नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन् ॥
sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ hṛdayāni vyadārayat nabhaś ca pṛthivīṃ caiva tumulo vyanunādayan
Translation
That tumultuous uproar rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarâshtra, filling the earth and sky with sound.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The collective Pândava blast is said to rend the hearts of the Kauravas specifically — a detail that closes the conch-blowing sequence on a note of psychological effect, not just sound. It’s a small piece of foreshadowing: the chapter is about to show a battlefield crisis of the heart, though the one it dwells on at length will be Arjuna’s, not his cousins’.