Chapter I · Śloka 14
Sañjaya uvāca
ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ |
माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः ||
माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः ||
tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte mahati syandane sthitau |
mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ ||
mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ ||
Then, seated in a great chariot drawn by white horses, Madhava (Krishna) and Arjuna (the son of Pandu) blew their transcendental conch-shells.
White horses carry associations of purity and divine kingship throughout the Vedic tradition. The two heroes are named by epithets — Mādhava (of the goddess Lakshmi's lineage) and Pāṇḍava — as if to remind us that something greater than two men has arrived at this field.