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Bhagavad-gītā 1.12
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 12
- तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ।
- सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥१२॥
- tasya sañjanayan harṣaṁ
- kuru-vṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ
- siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyoccaiḥ
- śaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān
tasyahis — his; sañjanayanincreasing — increasing; harṣamcheerfulness — cheerfulness; kuruthe grandsire of the Kuru dynasty (Bhīṣma)-vṛddhaḥthe grandsire of the Kuru dynasty (Bhīṣma) — the grandsire of the Kuru dynasty (Bhīṣma); pitāmahaḥthe grandfather — the grandfather; siṁharoaring sound, like that of a lion-nādamroaring sound, like that of a lion — roaring sound, like that of a lion; vinadyavibrating — vibrating; uccaiḥvery loudly — very loudly; śaṅkhamconchshell — conchshell; dadhmaublew — blew; pratāpathe valiant-vānthe valiant — the valiant.
Then Bhīṣma, 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.
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 Kṛṣṇa was on the other side. But still, it was his duty to conduct the fight, and no pains would be spared in that connection.