1.11 अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः। भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि
ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathā
Word meanings
ayaneṣhu—at the strategic points;cha—also;sarveṣhu—all;yathā-bhāgam—in respective position;avasthitāḥ—situated;bhīṣhmam—to Grandsire Bheeshma;eva—only;abhirakṣhantu—defend;bhavantaḥ—you;sarve—all;eva hi—even as
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Stationed firmly in all their respective paths, each one of them should guard Bhisma above all, without exception.
Therefore in the rank and file, let stand firm in their posts, according to battalions; and all you generals about Bheeshma.
Therefore all of you taking your places firmly in your respective divisions, guard Bhisma at all cost.
However, venerable sirs, all of you without exception, while occupying all the positions in the different directions as allotted (to you respectively), please fully protect Bhishma in particular.
“Therefore, do ye all, stationed in your respective positions in the several divisions of the army, protect Bhishma alone”.
1.13 ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः। सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्
tataḥ śaṅkhāś
Word meanings
tataḥ—thereafter;śhaṅkhāḥ—conches;cha—and;bheryaḥ—bugles;cha—and;paṇava-ānaka—drums and kettledrums;go-mukhāḥ—trumpets;sahasā—suddenly;eva—indeed;abhyahanyanta—blared forth;saḥ—that;śhabdaḥ—sound;tumulaḥ—overwhelming;abhavat—was
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Then, all of a sudden, the conch-shells, drums, tambourines, trumpets, and cow-horns sounded in unison; the sound was tumultuous.
And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumultuous uproar.
Then suddenly conchs and kettle drums, trumpets, tabors and blow horns blared forth; and the sound was terrific.
Just immediately after that conchs and kettle-drums, and tabors, trumpets and cow-horns blared forth. That sound became tumultuous.
Then (following Bhishma), conches and kettle-drums, tabors, drums and cow-horns blared forth quite suddenly (from the side of the Kauravas); and the sound was tremendous.
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.12 तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः। सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्
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Word meanings
tasya—his;sañjanayan—causing;harṣham—joy;kuru-vṛiddhaḥ—the grand old man of the Kuru dynasty (Bheeshma);pitāmahaḥ—grandfather;sinha-nādam—lion’s roar;vinadya—sounding;uchchaiḥ—very loudly;śhaṅkham—conch shell;dadhmau—blew;pratāpa-vān—the glorious
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Generating joy in him, the powerful paternal grandfather (Bhisma), the senior-most among the Kurus, roared like a lion and blew his conchshell loudly.
Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar.
Then the valiant grandsire Bhisma, seniormost of the Kuru clan, roaring like a lion, blew his conch with a view to cheer up Duryodhana.
The valiant grandfather, the eldest of the Kurus, loudly sounding a lion-roar, blew the conch to raise his (Duryodhana's) spirits.
His glorious grandsire (Bhishma), the eldest of the Kauravas, in order to cheer Duryodhana, now roared like a lion and blew his conch.
