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Bhagavad Gita 1.13

ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः। सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।

tataḥ śhaṅkhāśhcha bheryaśhcha paṇavānaka-gomukhāḥ sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śhabdastumulo ’bhavat

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tataḥtataḥthereafter
śhaṅkhāḥśhaṅkhāḥconches
chachaand
bheryaḥbheryaḥbugles
chachaand
paṇava-ānakapaṇava-ānakadrums and kettledrums
go-mukhāḥgo-mukhāḥtrumpets
sahasāsahasāsuddenly
evaevaindeed
abhyahanyantaabhyahanyantablared forth
saḥsaḥthat
śhabdaḥśhabdaḥsound
tumulaḥtumulaḥoverwhelming
abhavatabhavatwas

Then, suddenly, conches, kettledrums, tabors, drums, and cow horns blared forth from the Kaurava side, and the sound was tremendous.

तत्पश्चात् शंख, नगारे, ढोल व शृंगी आदि वाद्य एक साथ ही बज उठे, जिनका बड़ा भयंकर शब्द हुआ।