Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 1.13

tatah sankhas ca bheryas ca

panavanaka-gomukhah

sahasaivabhyahanyanta

sa sabdas tumulo 'bhavat

SYNONYMS

tatah -- thereafter; sankhah -- conchshells; ca -- also; bheryah -- large drums; ca -- and; panava-anaka -- small drums and kettledrums; go-mukhah -- horns; sahasa -- all of a sudden; eva -- certainly; abhyahanyanta -- were simultaneously sounded; sah -- that; sabdah -- combined sound; tumulah -- tumultuous; abhavat -- became.

TRANSLATION

After that, the conchshells, drums, bugles, trumpets and horns were all suddenly sounded, and the combined sound was tumultuous.

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