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ŚB 8.10.7

Devanagari

शङ्खतूर्यमृदङ्गानां भेरीडमरिणां महान् ।
हस्त्यश्वरथपत्तीनां नदतां निस्वनोऽभवत् ॥ ७ ॥

Text

śaṅkha-tūrya-mṛdaṅgānāṁ
bherī-ḍamariṇāṁ mahān
hasty-aśva-ratha-pattīnāṁ
nadatāṁ nisvano ’bhavat

Synonyms

śaṅkha — of conchshells; tūrya — of big bugles; mṛdaṅgānām — and of drums; bherī — of bugles; ḍamariṇām — of kettledrums; mahān — great and tumultuous; hasti — of elephants; aśva — of horses; ratha-pattīnām — of fighters on chariots or on the ground; nadatām — all of them making sounds together; nisvanaḥ — a tumultuous sound; abhavat — so became.

Translation

The sounds of the conchshells, bugles, drums, bherīs and ḍamarīs [kettledrums], as well as the sounds made by the elephants, horses and soldiers, who were both on chariots and on foot, were tumultuous.