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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 12

Arjuna's Dejection

तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः। सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 1.12 mean?

Then, to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, the eldest of the Kuru clan, blew his conch, its sound resembling that of a lion's roar.

Word-by-word meaning

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

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