In the above verses we have the enumeration of the great Maharathas, battalion-commanders, who, with enthusiasm, loudly blew their conches, again and again, in an ascending cadence. The arrow that ultimately felled Bhishma in the Mahabharata-war came from Shikhandi. The charioteer of Krishna, who was also a battalion-commander in the Pandava army, was called Satyaki.

The report is being addressed to Dhritarashtra and it is indicated by Sanjaya’s words, “Oh Lord of the earth.”

Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.