Chapter 1 · Verse 12
Arjuna's Dilemma
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः। सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्
tasya sañjanayan harṣhaṁ kuru-vṛiddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyochchaiḥ śhaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān
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
Translation
Then the glorious grandsire Bhishma, eldest of the Kuru dynasty, roaring loudly like a lion, blew his conch to bring joy to Duryodhana's heart.