Bhagavad Gita 1.13
Chapter 1, verse 13
Meaning
Then, all at once, conches, kettledrums, small drums, big drums and horns were sounded together. The noise they made was a huge, chaotic roar.
The Sanskrit
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः ।
सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥ १३ ॥
tataḥ śaṅkhāś ca bheryaś ca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ
sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdas tumulo 'bhavat
Say it
tuh-tuh-huh shun-khaash-chuh bhay-ryush-chuh puh-nuh-vaa-nuh-kuh-go-moo-khaa-haa
suh-huh-sai-vaa-bhyuh-hun-yun-tuh suh shub-dus-too-moo-lo-bhuh-vut
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- śaṅkhāḥ ca bheryaḥ ca
- conches and kettledrums
- paṇava-ānaka-gomukhāḥ
- small drums, large drums and cow-horn trumpets
- sahasā eva
- all at once, suddenly
- abhyahanyanta
- were struck, were sounded
- saḥ śabdaḥ
- that sound
- tumulaḥ abhavat
- became a tumult, a deafening uproar
Read it in context: verses 1.13–16The conches answer backWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: A crowd's noise or your own note
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.13 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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