Bhagavad Gita 1.12
Chapter 1, verse 12
Meaning
Then, to lift Duryodhana's spirits, the mighty Bhīṣma, eldest of the Kurus and grandfather of the clan, let out a roar like a lion and blew his conch with great force.
The Sanskrit
तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ।
सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥ १२ ॥
tasya saṃjanayan harṣaṃ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ
siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān
Say it
tuh-syuh sun-juh-nuh-yun hur-shum koo-roo-vrid-dhuh-huh pi-taa-muh-huh-huh
sin-huh-naa-dum vi-nuh-dyoch-chai-hi shun-khum dudh-mau pruh-taa-puh-vaan
Word by word
- tasya
- his (Duryodhana's)
- saṃjanayan harṣam
- stirring up joy, lifting his spirits
- kuru-vṛddhaḥ
- the eldest of the Kurus
- pitāmahaḥ
- the grandfather
- siṃha-nādam vinadya
- roaring a lion's roar
- uccaiḥ
- loudly
- śaṅkham dadhmau
- blew his conch
- pratāpavān
- the mighty, the glorious one
Read it in context: verses 1.9–12Bhīṣma answers with a lion's roarWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Cheering up is not the same as answering
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.12 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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