1.12 तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः। सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्
tasya saṃjanayan
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.
1.14 ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ। माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः
tataḥ śvetair
Word meanings
tataḥ—then;śhvetaiḥ—by white;hayaiḥ—horses;yukte—yoked;mahati—glorious;syandane—chariot;sthitau—seated;mādhavaḥ—Shree Krishna, the husband of the goddess of fortune, Lakshmi;pāṇḍavaḥ—Arjun;cha—and;eva—also;divyau—Divine;śhaṅkhau—conch shells;pradadhmatuḥ—blew
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Then, mounted on a mighty chariot, yoked with white horses, Madhava (Krishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna) blew their heavenly conch shells.
Then seated in their spacious war chariot, yoked with white horses, Lord Shri Krishna and Arjuna sounded their divine shells.
Then Sri Krsna and Arjuna, stationed in their great chariot yoked with white horses, blew their divine conchs.
Then, Madhava (Krishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna), stationed in their magnificent chariot with white horses yoked to it, loudly blew their divine conchs.
Then also, Madhava (Krishna), and the son of Pandu (Arjuna), seated in their magnificent chariot yoked with white horses, blew their divine conches.
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.13 ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः। सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्
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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.
