Shankhabhrin Nandaki Chakri Shaarngadhanva Gadaadharah...
शङ्खभृन्नन्दकी चक्री शार्ङ्गधन्वा गदाधरः । रथाङ्गपाणिरक्षोभ्यः सर्वप्रहरणायुधः ॥ ಶಙ್ಖಭೃನ್ನನ್ದಕೀ ಚಕ್ರೀ ಶಾರ್ಙ್ಗಧನ್ವಾ ಗದಾಧರಃ | ರಥಾಙ್ಗಪಾಣಿರಕ್ಷೋಭ್ಯಃ ಸರ್ವಪ್ರಹರಣಾಯುಧಃ || శఙ్ఖభృన్నన్దకీ చక్రీ శార్ఙ్గధన్వా గదాధరః | రథాఙ్గపాణిరక్షోభ్యః సర్వప్రహరణాయుధః || śaṅkHabhṛnNandakī cakrī śārṅgadHanvā gadādHaraḥ | ratHāṅgapāṇir.akṣōbhyaH sarvapraHaraṇāyudhaH || (Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stothram) "I bow to Lord Vishnu, who bears the conch (Panchajanya Shankha), the sword (Nandaka), the discus (Sudarshana Chakra), the bow (Sharnga), and the mace (Kaumodaki); who holds the wheel in His hand, who remains forever unshakeable (unperturbed), and who is equipped with all weapons to protect His devotees." RATHAANGAPAANI (one who is holding the wheel of a chariot in his hand) - This has a direct reference to this battlefield event at Kurukshetra war. Sri Krishna had vowed never to take up a weapon during the war. Bhishma, however, had made a counter-vow: he would fight so fiercely that he would force Kris...