BHAGAVAD-GITA 1:12

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 1:12

 

tasya sanjanayan harsam

kuru-vrddhah pitamahah

simha-nadam vinadyoccaih

sankham dadhmau pratapavan

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tasya--his; sanjanayan--increasing; harsam--cheerfulness;

kuru-vrddhah--the grandsire of the Kuru dynasty (Bhisma);

pitamahah--the grandfather; simha-nadam--roaring sound, like that of a

lion; vinadya--vibrating; uccaih--very loudly; sankham--conchshell;

dadhmau--blew; pratapa-van--the valiant.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Then Bhisma, the great valiant grandsire of the Kuru dynasty, the

grandfather of the fighters, blew his conchshell very loudly, making a

sound like the roar of a lion, giving Duryodhana joy.

 

PURPORT

 

The grandsire of the Kuru dynasty could understand the inner meaning

of the heart of his grandson Duryodhana, and out of his natural

compassion for him he tried to cheer him by blowing his conchshell

very loudly, befitting his position as a lion. Indirectly, by the

symbolism of the conchshell, he informed his depressed grandson

Duryodhana that he had no chance of victory in the battle, because the

Supreme Lord Krsna was on the other side. But still, it was his duty

to conduct the fight, and no pains would be spared in that connection.

 

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