Word meanings
- tasya
- his
- sañjanayan
- causing
- harṣam
- joy
- kuru-vṛddhaḥ
- the grand old man of the Kuru dynasty (Bheeshma)
- pitāmahaḥ
- grandfather
- sinha-nādam
- lion’s roar
- vinadya
- sounding
- uccaiḥ
- very loudly
- śaṅkham
- conch shell
- dadhmau
- blew
- pratāpa-vān
- the glorious
Translations
His glorious grandsire, the oldest of the Kauravas, roared like a lion to cheer Duryodhana and blew his conch.
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.
The valiant grandfather, the eldest of the Kurus, loudly sounding a lion's roar, blew the conch to raise his (Duryodhana's) spirits.
दुर्योधन के हृदय में हर्ष उत्पन्न करते हुए कुरुवृद्ध प्रभावशाली पितामह भीष्म ने सिंह के समान गरज कर जोर से शंख बजाया।