Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 12
तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः । सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्
tasya sañjanayanharṣaṃ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ | siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān
Translation
His mighty grandsire (Bhīṣma), the oldest of the Kauravas, in order to cheer him, sounded on high a lion's roar and blew his conch.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- tasya
- of (in) him
- sañjanayan
- generating
- harṣam
- joy
- kuruvṛddhaḥ
- among the Kurus, the ancient
- pitāmahaḥ
- the grandfather
- siṃhanādam
- of a lion, the roar
- vinadya
- sounding
- uccaiḥ
- on high (or loudly)
- śaṅkham
- a conch
- dadhmau
- blew
- pratāpavān
- the glorious