Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 1.13

tatah śańkhāś ca bheryaś ca

panavānaka-gomukhāh

sahasaivābhyahanyanta

sa śabdas tumulo 'bhavat

SYNONYMS

tatah — thereafter; śańkhāh — conchshells; ca — also; bheryah — large drums; ca — and; panava-ānaka — small drums and kettledrums; go-mukhāh — horns; sahasā — all of a sudden; eva — certainly; abhyahanyanta — were simultaneously sounded; sah — that; śabdah — 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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