Verse Text
atha śṛṅgam –
śṛṅgaṁ tu gavalaṁ hema-nibaddhāgrima-paścimam |
ratna-jāla-sphuran-madhyaṁ mandra-ghoṣābhidhaṁ smṛtam ||373||
Translation
The horn: A wild buffalo horn with gold covering at both ends and jewel inlay in the middle is called Mandraghoṣa (Rumbling Thunder).
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Gavala means the horn of a wild buffalo. This however is only a representative name, and indicates the horn of the spotted antelope and other horns as well. The horn is bound with gold at both ends (agrima-paścimam).
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Kṛṣṇa's Buffalo Horn
Kṛṣṇa used a buffalo horn as a bugling instrument. This instrument was always highly polished and circled with gold bands, and on the middle there was a hole.