Bhagavad Gita · 1.12
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ।
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tasya sañjanayan harṣaṁ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ |
siṁhanādaṁ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तस्यtasyahis (Duryodhana’s).
सञ्जनयन्sañjanayanarousing, generating, so as to bring about.
हर्षम्harṣamjoy, cheer, gladness.
कुरुवृद्धःkuru-vṛddhaḥthe elder of the Kuru dynasty.
पितामहःpitāmahaḥgrandfather, grandsire.
सिंहनादम्siṁha-nādama lion’s roar.
विनद्यvinadyahaving uttered, having roared.
उच्चैःuccaiḥloudly, powerfully.
शङ्खम्śaṅkhamthe conch (war-horn).
दध्मौdadhmaublew.
प्रतापवान्pratāpavānvaliant, mighty, glorious.
Translation
Then, to cheer him [Duryodhana], the valiant Bhīṣma, the eldest and grandsire of the Kuru dynasty, roared aloud like a lion and blew his conch.
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