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BG 1.12

तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्

tasya sañjanayan harṣaṃ
kuru-vṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ
siṃha-nādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ
śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān

SYNONYMS

tasya: his | sañjanayan: cheering up | harṣam: joy | kuru-vṛddhaḥ: seniormost of the Kuru clan | pitāmahaḥ: grandsire | siṃha-nādam: roaring like a lion | vinadya: roaring | uccaiḥ: loudly | śaṅkham: conch | dadhmau: blew | pratāpa-vān: the valiant |

TRANSLATION

Then the valiant grandsire Bhishma, seniormost of the Kuru clan, roaring like a lion, blew his conch with a view to cheer up Duryodhana.