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Bhagavad Gita 1.12

तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः। सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।

tasya sañjanayan harṣhaṁ kuru-vṛiddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyochchaiḥ śhaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tasyatasyahis
sañjanayansañjanayancausing
harṣhamharṣhamjoy
kuru-vṛiddhaḥkuru-vṛiddhaḥthe grand old man of the Kuru dynasty (Bheeshma)
pitāmahaḥpitāmahaḥgrandfather
sinha-nādamsinha-nādamlion’s roar
vinadyavinadyasounding
uchchaiḥuchchaiḥvery loudly
śhaṅkhamśhaṅkhamconch shell
dadhmaudadhmaublew
pratāpa-vānpratāpa-vānthe glorious

His glorious grandsire, the oldest of the Kauravas, roared like a lion to cheer Duryodhana and blew his conch.

उस समय कौरवों में वृद्ध, प्रतापी पितामह भीष्म ने उस (दुर्योधन) के हृदय में हर्ष उत्पन्न करते हुये उच्च स्वर में गरज कर शंखध्वनि की।