Bhagavad Gita 1.19
Chapter 1, verse 19
Meaning
That deafening uproar tore through the hearts of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons, and it echoed across the sky and the earth.
Text note: The BORI critical edition reads tumulo vyanunādayan, “resounding everywhere”; the traditional text shown here reads tumulo 'bhyanunādayan, “making it echo all around”. The sense is the same: the sound filled sky and earth.
The Sanskrit
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत् ।
नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलोऽभ्यनुनादयन् ॥ १९ ॥
sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ hṛdayāni vyadārayat
nabhaś ca pṛthivīṃ caiva tumulo 'bhyanunādayan
Say it
suh gho-sho dhaar-tuh-raash-traa-naam hri-duh-yaa-ni vyuh-daa-ruh-yut
nuh-bhush-chuh pri-thi-veem chai-vuh too-moo-lo-bhyuh-noo-naa-duh-yun
Word by word
- saḥ ghoṣaḥ
- that uproar
- dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām
- of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- hṛdayāni
- the hearts
- vyadārayat
- tore apart, split
- nabhaḥ ca pṛthivīm ca eva
- both the sky and the earth
- tumulaḥ
- tumultuous, deafening
- abhyanunādayan
- making them echo, resounding through
Read it in context: verses 1.17–20Arjuna lifts his bowWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: The same sound lands differently
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.19 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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