Bhagavad Gita 1.15
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः । पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः ॥
pāñcajanyaṃ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṃ dhanañjayaḥ | pauṇḍraṃ dadhmau mahā-śaṅkhaṃ bhīma-karmā vṛkodaraḥ ||
Translation
Hrishikesha blew the Panchajanya; Dhananjaya, the Devadatta; and Vrikodara, of fearful deeds, blew the great conch Paundra.
Reflection
What do you reach for when it gets hard, and where did it come from?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter One
Each conch has a name. Panchajanya, made from the demon Krishna killed. Devadatta, god-given. Paundra, named for its bearer's strength. The named instrument carries the story of how it came to be held. The conches the Kauravas blew in 1.13 had no names; they were drums and trumpets, plural and generic. Things you choose to use, that have histories you can recite, sound different from things you grab off a rack. Carry the named instrument when you walk in.