तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ।सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥
tasya sañjanayan harṣaṃ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ |siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān ||
- तस्य · tasya
- his (Duryodhana's)
- सञ्जनयन् · sañjanayan
- producing, stirring
- हर्षम् · harṣam
- joy, cheer, confidence
- कुरुवृद्धः · kuruvṛddhaḥ
- the elder of the Kurus
- पितामहः · pitāmahaḥ
- the grandsire (Bhishma)
- सिंहनादम् · siṃhanādam
- a lion-roar
- विनद्य · vinadya
- having roared
- उच्चैः · uccaiḥ
- loudly, aloud
- शङ्खम् · śaṅkham
- the conch
- दध्मौ · dadhmau
- blew
- प्रतापवान् · pratāpavān
- the glorious, majestic one
“To stir his joy, the glorious grandsire, elder of the Kurus, roared a lion-roar and blew his conch aloud.”
— Original plain-language translation
Bhishma answers Duryodhana's anxiety with a veteran's gesture — a lion-roar to hearten the prince. The old warrior knows morale is half the battle; the conch is sounded as much for Duryodhana as for the enemy.
— Reader's notes (original)