TEXT 12

Devanagari

तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ।
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्च‍ैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥ १२ ॥

Text

tasya sañjanayan harṣaṁ
kuru-vṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ
siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyoccaiḥ
śaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān

Synonyms

tasya — his; sañjanayan — increasing; harṣam — cheerfulness; kuru-vṛddhaḥ — the grandsire of the Kuru dynasty (Bhīṣma); pitāmahaḥ — the grandfather; siṁha-nādam — roaring sound, like that of a lion; vinadya — vibrating; uccaiḥ — very loudly; śaṅkham — conchshell; dadhmau — blew; pratāpa-vān — the valiant.

tasya — seine; sañjanayan — vergrößernd; harṣam — Freude; kuruvṛddhaḥ — der Ahnherr der Kuru-Dynastie (Bhīṣma); pitāmahaḥ — der Großvater; siṁha-nādam — Dröhnen, wie das Brüllen eines Löwen; vinadya — ertönen lassend; uccaiḥ — sehr laut; śaṅkham — Muschelhorn; dadhmau — blies; pratāpa-vān — der heldenhafte.

Translation

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.

Bhīṣma, der große, heldenhafte Ahnherr der Kuru-Dynastie, der Großvater der Kämpfer, blies darauf laut in sein Muschelhorn. Es dröhnte wie das Brüllen eines Löwen und erfüllte Duryodhana mit Freude.

Purport

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.

ERLÄUTERUNG: Der Ahnherr der Kuru-Dynastie wußte, was im Herzen seines Enkels Duryodhana vorging, und aus natürlichem Mitgefühl versuchte er, ihn anzuspornen, indem er sehr laut in sein Muschelhorn blies, was seiner löwengleichen Stellung angemessen war. Durch die Symbolik des Muschelhorns gab er seinem niedergeschlagenen Enkel indirekt zu verstehen, daß er keine Chance habe, in der Schlacht siegreich zu sein, da der Höchste Herr, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, auf der anderen Seite stand. Nichtsdestoweniger war es seine Pflicht, den Kampf durchzuführen, und er würde dabei keine Mühen scheuen.