Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, Verse 12: Meaning and Special Explanation
Sloka (Verse): तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः । सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥१२॥ tasya sañjanayan harṣaṁ kuru-vṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ । siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān ॥12॥ Word-by-Word Meaning: tasya — his (Duryodhana's) sañjanayan — creating, generating harṣam — joy, delight, cheerfulness kuru-vṛddhaḥ — the elderly of the Kuru dynasty pitāmahaḥ — the grandfather (Bhishma) siṁha-nādam — lion's roar vinadya — sounding uccaiḥ — very loudly śaṅkham — conchshell dadhmau — blew pratāpavān — the valiant, powerful Translation: To generate joy in Duryodhana's heart, the elderly and valiant grandfather of the Kuru dynasty, Bhishma, blew his conchshell very loudly like the roar of a lion. Purport This verse describes a profoundly significant and spiritually meaningful moment on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Bhishma was the grandfather of the Kuru dynasty, and on the battlefield, he was the greate...